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Malaysia’s former finance minister pleaded not guilty Monday to a second corruption charge related to a $1.5 billion undersea tunnel project and slammed the case as a trumped-up charge by the new government. Lim Guan Eng, 59, was first charged Friday with soliciting 10% of potential profits in 2011 as a bribe for the project
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A British woman was jailed for three and a half years Monday after tearfully admitting she stabbed her husband to death during a fight on the Malaysian holiday island of Langkawi. Samantha Jones killed John William Jones in 2018 in their house during a row in the early hours of the morning, which her lawyer
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A Malaysian 2017 winner of the Miss Universe pageant has apologised after her comments that black people should “relax” in response to raging US protests against police racism sparked an online outcry, including condemnation from “Crazy Rich Asians” actor Henry Golding. The US has been rocked for the past week by once-in-a-generation demonstrations over the
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Malaysia has gone into 10 days without any new COVID-19 deaths, the Health Ministry said on Monday, leaving the total deaths so far at 115. Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia reported 38 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 7,857. Imported cases made up the majority
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Malaysia reported 45 new confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the cumulative total to 6,428 infections. READ ALSO: Britain records Europe’s highest COVID-19 death toll The health ministry also reported one new death, raising the total number of fatalities from the outbreak to 107. vanguard
Malaysian health officials reported 69 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the lowest daily increase since the government imposed curbs on movement and business on March 18, taking the cumulative total to 5,251 cases. READ ALSO: Malaysia extends movement curbs until April 28 to curb coronavirus The health ministry also reported 2 new deaths, bringing the total
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Malaysian health authorities on Wednesday reported 156 new cases of coronavirus infection, pushing the cumulative total to 4,119 cases as Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy continues to grapple with the highest rate of infection in the region. READ ALSO: Trump threatens to stop funding WHO as virus ravages nations globally The health ministry also reported two
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The number of coronavirus cases in Malaysia is expected to peak in mid-April and there are signs of a flattening of the infection curve, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. Malaysia has the highest number of known infections in Southeast Asia with 2,908 confirmed cases. It has imposed travel and movement curbs to contain
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Malaysia’s king struck down Friday a power play by 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad aimed at seizing momentum in a political crisis, capping a week of turmoil that has left the country effectively leaderless. He rejected Mahathir’s plan to convene parliament to vote on the country’s next prime minister, after it was widely criticised as against the constitution.
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Malaysia’s parliament will convene Monday to decide on the country’s next prime minister after days of horse-trading failed to break an impasse, said Mahathir Mohamad, whose resignation triggered the crisis. Mahathir quit this week as premier and the government collapsed, following a bid to form a new coalition without his designated successor Anwar Ibrahim and
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