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MALAYSIA

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 28, 2016
Malaysia's top lawyer rejected advice to charge Najib: source
Malaysia's anti-graft agency had recommended that Prime Minister Najib Razak be charged with criminal misappropriation, a source said, amid growing outrage after the premier was cleared of any offenses in a multimillion-dollar scandal.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 27, 2016
Malaysian anti-graft agency seeks review of decision to clear Najib in corruption probe
Malaysia's anti-graft agency said Wednesday it will seek a review of a decision by the attorney general to clear Prime Minister Najib Razak in a graft investigation.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 25, 2016
Dozens of nations discriminate against women in citizenship laws, study finds
More than a quarter of the world's nations have sexist laws on nationality, such as stripping women of citizenship if they marry a foreigner, that can deprive women of access to jobs, education and other benefits available to men, a new study says.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 25, 2016
MH370 searchers lose sonar unit after it snags a volcano, rips cable
The hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 encountered a major problem Monday when an underwater sonar module struck a subsea volcano and was severed from the ship towing it.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2016
'Plane wreckage' found in Thailand fuels talk of missing Malaysian jet
A piece of suspected plane wreckage has been found off the coast of southern Thailand, a local official said on Saturday, prompting speculation it might belong to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished nearly two years ago.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 23, 2016
Protesters hit the streets to oppose Malaysia signing TPP
Thousands of Malaysians protested against plans to join the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Saturday, just days before parliament is due to open a debate on the free trade pact.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 13, 2016
Warnings emerge of Islamic State in Philippines, latest nation in region to face threat
There are growing signs of support for the Islamic State group in the southern Philippines, despite assertions by Manila that militants in the region are little more than criminal gangs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 8, 2015
Malaysia's Najib says 'conscience clear' as funding scandal festers
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said he had done nothing wrong in receiving hundreds of millions of dollars into his personal bank accounts, as his party opened its annual meeting on Tuesday amid tensions over a festering funding scandal.
WORLD
Dec 5, 2015
Malaysia's anti-graft agency questions Najib over multimillion-dollar deposits
Malaysian anti-corruption officials questioned Prime Minister Najib Razak on Saturday in an investigation into deposits of funds totalling 2.6 billion ringgit ($615.53 million) into his bank accounts that have prompted calls for his resignation.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 5, 2015
Malaysia arrests five over suspected Islamic State, al-Qaida ties
Malaysia's police said Saturday that it had arrested five people, including a European employed as a teacher, on suspicion of links with militant groups like the Islamic State group and al-Qaida.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 17, 2015
Pressure grows for Southeast Asian counterterror cooperation after Paris attacks
As global leaders arrive in Asia for a series of summits, pressure is increasing on Southeast Asian nations to cooperate more to combat terrorism — including by sharing information on financing — after the deadly Islamic State attacks in Paris.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2015
Malaysia government to tell assembly about funds, critics see dodge
Malaysia's government said on Thursday it would answer questions about millions of dollars found in the prime minister's bank accounts, but only on the last day of parliament next month, which critics decried as a tactic to dodge a grilling.
WORLD
Oct 14, 2015
Cockpit reconstruction tells story of MH17's last moments
The reconstruction of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 tells its own vivid story of the impact of the missile that destroyed the aircraft last July, killing all 298 people on board.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2015
Malaysian central bank urged criminal prosecution of state fund
Malaysia's central bank said on Friday it had urged the country's attorney general to begin criminal prosecution of troubled fund 1MDB after completing its investigation, piling more pressure on Prime Minister Najib Razak who chairs the fund's advisory board.

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