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Malaysia's Anwar faces more challenges even as lawsuit paused
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/06/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR — After more than two years of relative political stability in Malaysia, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim faces multiple hurdles that could fuel discontent within his ruling coalition.
Malaysia charges 22 linked to Islamic firm GISB with organised crime
Published on 23/10/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia charged 22 people linked to an Islamic conglomerate, including its chief executive, on Wednesday for organised crime, according to court documents and the company's lawyer.
Malaysia arrests CEO of firm linked to child sex abuse scandal
Reuters, Published on 19/09/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian authorities on Thursday arrested the chief executive and other senior managers of an Islamic conglomerate accused of running charity homes where children were allegedly sexually abused, amid a widening police dragnet in the case.
Malaysian CEO admits to some abuses at ‘horror’ houses
Published on 14/09/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - The head of a Malaysian conglomerate accused of running homes where hundreds of children and youths were allegedly sexually abused said there were “one or two” cases of sodomy at the shelters but he denied other allegations of misconduct.
Namibian court overturns anti-gay laws
Published on 22/06/2024
» WINDHOEK, Namibia - The High Court in Namibia has declared two colonial-era laws that criminalised same-sex acts between men unconstitutional, in a landmark win for the LGBTQ community in the southern African country.
Malaysian graft probe targets Mahathir, say sons
Published on 26/03/2024
» The two eldest sons of Mahathir Mohamad say Malaysian anti-graft investigators have ordered them to assist with an investigation into their father, revealing for the first time that a months-long probe is targeting the 98-year-old former prime minister.
Malaysia’s top court axes several state Islamic laws
Published on 09/02/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s top court on Friday declared unconstitutional more than a dozen Islamic laws enacted by the state of Kelantan, in a landmark decision that could affect similar sharia laws in other parts of the Muslim-majority country.
Malaysia’s Mahathir says son’s graft probe is politically driven
Published on 22/01/2024
» Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the nation’s anti-corruption agency’s probe into his son’s business activities is politically motivated and that he’s unaware of any other reason that would warrant such a move.
Farewell to a legend
Life, John Clewley, Published on 05/12/2023
» News of the passing of frontman and singer of The Pogues, Shane MacGowan, on Nov 30 sent shockwaves of sadness around the world of Irish music. Tributes were published across media, from the Irish president to his former bandmates.
Shane MacGowan: laureate of lowlife folk-punk
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» DUBLIN - Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter who fronted Celtic folk-punk band The Pogues, was a booze-fuelled bard who performed defiant ballads of the downtrodden and doomed.