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MALAYSIA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 11, 2017
Malay woman to be Singapore president, puts minority representation on agenda
There are no Muslim Malays in the top echelons of Singapore's army, and few among the senior ranks of its judiciary, but a member of its poorest ethnic minority is set to become the first woman president of the city-state this week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 22, 2017
U.S. destroyer collision exposes 40-year Singapore-Malaysia sea dispute
A collision between a U.S. warship and an oil tanker near the Straits of Malacca on Monday has shone a light on a territorial dispute that has simmered between neighbours Singapore and Malaysia for nearly 40 years.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 11, 2017
Malaysian man accused of 600 sex assaults against daughter
A Malaysian man was charged on Thursday with more than 600 counts of raping and sodomizing his teenaged daughter, prompting calls for greater protection for women and girls.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 24, 2017
Duterte says he can wait a year for Marawi standoff to end, wants to minimize civilian deaths
Two months after Islamist militants launched an assault on one of the biggest southern cities in the Philippines, the fighting is dragging on, and President Rodrigo Duterte says he is prepared to wait for a year for it to end.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 20, 2017
Thailand convicts 62 in trafficking case, after more than 30 bodies — believed to be Rohingya — were found
More needs to be done to ensure that human traffickers are brought to justice and Rohingya migrants are protected, rights groups said Thursday, after a trial in which 62 people were convicted of crimes including trafficking and murder.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 19, 2017
Undersea survey from MH370 search yields valuable data for fishing, geoscience
Detailed sea-floor maps made during the unsuccessful search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, released by Australia on Wednesday, could help increase the knowledge of rich fisheries and the prehistoric movement of the earth's southern continents.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2017
U.S. acts to seize stolen assets, including Picasso owned by DiCaprio, in probe of Malaysian fund
The Justice Department took legal action on Thursday to recover about $540 million in assets that authorities say were stolen by financiers associated with a sovereign wealth fund established by Malaysia's prime minister, including a Picasso painting that was given to actor Leonardo DiCaprio and the...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2017
Kim Jong Nam had $120,000 in cash when killed, had earlier met with suspected U.S. spy: report
The half brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was in possession of $120,000 when he was killed at a Kuala Lumpur airport in February, the Asahi Shimbun daily reported, adding that he met with an American suspected of connections with a U.S. intelligence agency four days before his death.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 5, 2017
ASEAN states to use spy planes, drones as spread of Islamic State threat mounts
Southeast Asian nations plan to use spy planes and drones to stem the movement of militants across their porous borders, defense officials said over the weekend, as concerns rise over the growing clout of Islamic State in the region.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2017
Rainforest wood breaches Tokyo green Olympic vow, activists say
Activist groups called for an independent investigation into the use of wood possibly originating from Malaysian forests for the construction of Tokyo's Olympic stadium, saying it is a "significant breach" of the city's commitment to a sustainable 2020 Games.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2017
Behind Malaysia's recent rape controversy
Malaysia has increasingly seen its image as a moderate, tolerant and secular society tainted as hard-line Islamists try to impose their own brand of Shariah law on the country.

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