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Heavy flooding kills 14 people in Thailand and badly affects the islands of Samui and Pha Ngan in the Gulf of Thailand. It has also severed the rail link to southern Thailand and Malaysia.
2016-12-6

In 2015, more than 100,000 people in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore may have died as a result of forest fires in Southeast Asia. The continued poor air quality also continues to affect the health of more than 42 million Indonesians.
2016-09-19

Clerics in Malaysia issue a fatwa against Muslims participating in "unproductive demonstrations".
2012-05-7

Malaysia bans Shi'ites from promoting their faith to other Muslims, but remain able to practice it themselves. [http:--www.bernama.com-bernama-v5-newsgeneral.php?id=569704 (Bernama)] [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-225808-malaysia-bans-shiites-from-promoting-their-faith ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019
2011-03-9

Islamic morality police arrest over 80 Muslims in Malaysia to prevent them from celebrating Valentine's Day.
2011-02-15

Malaysian navy commandos foil a ship hijack attempt by Somali pirates, rescuing 23 crew and capturing 7 pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
2011-01-22

A Malaysian court sentences two men to five years imprisonment after firebombing a church in a row over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims.
2010-08-13

Another church is attacked in Malaysia and a mosque also targeted for the first time in a row over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims.
2010-01-16

A fourth church is attacked in Malaysia as a row over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims deepens.
2010-01-9

Several churches in Malaysia are attacked amid tensions over the use of "Allah" by non-Muslims in the country.
2010-01-8