Malaysia
A landslide killed at least 16 people, among them children, as they slept in their tents at a campsite in Malaysia on Friday, officials said,...
Police say they alerted ministries of Low’s wanted status in August 2018
By Elias Hazou and Evie Andreou Police said on Thursday it did not come to their attention until August 2018 that Malaysian businessman Jho Taek...
Malaysia says fugitive businessman is still trying to invest in Cyprus (Updated)
Malaysian businessman Jho Taek Low, who acquired a Cypriot citizenship four years ago, is still trying to buy purchase properties in Cyprus under another name,...
President wants passport of Malaysian businessman revoked
Authorities should revoke the passport issued in September 2015 to a Malaysian businessman, now wanted by authorities in his country and elsewhere, President Nicos Anastasiades...
Malaysian fugitive financier holds Cyprus passport – report (Updated)
Following the revelations last month that eight Cambodian elites with ties to the country’s authoritarian regime had secured Cypriot passports, Politis reported on Sunday that...
Superyacht linked to Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal goes up for auction
A $250m luxury yacht linked to a multi-billion dollar scandal at Malaysia‘s state fund 1MDB has gone up for auction, a government lawyer said on Monday,...
Malaysian state to cane a third woman for infringing Islamic law
A religious court in a Malaysian state ruled by an Islamist party has ordered the jailing and caning of a woman who pleaded guilty to...
Malaysia ‘cannot accept same-sex marriage’
Malaysia cannot accept same-sex marriage or lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday, amid growing instances of persecution of...
Two Malaysians caned in public for ‘attempting lesbian sex’
Two Malaysian women convicted of attempting lesbian sex in a car were caned in court watched by dozens of people on Monday, media and a state...
Malaysia to continue Kim Jong Nam murder trial (Update)
Two women charged with murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un must answer for their role in a well-planned conspiracy, a Malaysian...