Sources: Jakarta Post
The Federal Court of Malaysia upholds the corruption conviction and 12-year prison term of former prime minister Najib Razak in connection with the embezzlement of sovereign wealth funds from 1Malaysia Development Berhad. Najib is the first former Malaysian prime minister to be imprisoned. 2022-08-23
Malaysia reports a record 24,599 new cases and 393 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.64 million and the nationwide death toll to 15,211. 2021-08-26
Hong Kong reclassifies 15 countries and territories, including the U.S., France, Malaysia, and Thailand, to the "high-risk" category, which means that beginning on August 20, there will be mandatory 21-day quarantines and tougher boarding requirements for travellers arriving from those countries due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant. 2021-08-16
Malaysia reports a record for the fifth consecutive day of 9,020 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 558,534. The country also reports a record 98 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,650. 2021-05-29
Malaysia reports a record 5,728 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 209,661. 2021-01-30
Vietnam presses Malaysia for answers after a Vietnamese fisherman was shot dead when Malaysia's coast guard attempted to inspect two Vietnamese fishing boats in waters east of Kelantan deemed to be engaged in illegal fishing. Malaysia alleged the 19 crew members aboard the boats "acted aggressively" and threw "diesel bombs" when ordered to surrender. 2020-08-17
Malaysia begins a nationwide disinfection to help curb the spread of COVID-19. 2020-03-30
Conservationists report in "Oryx, the International Journal of Conservation" that the Sumatran Rhino is now considered extinct in the wild in Malaysia. No new wild animals have been spotted since 2007, elsewhere fewer than 100 Rhinos remain in the wild. 2015-08-31
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak fires Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. 2015-07-28