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The results from yesterday's election indicate that Malaysia will experience a hung parliament in the Dewan Rakyat for the first time in its history.
2022-11-20

Malaysian gynaecologist John Tang Ing Chinh invents the world's first unisex condom, that can be used by both males and females, which is made from a medical grade material normally used as a dressing for injuries and wounds.
2021-10-28

Five Abu Sayyaf militants are killed during a shootout with police in Beaufort, Sabah, Malaysia. All of those killed are Filipinos.
2021-05-18

Malaysia reports a new single-day record of 2,234 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide number of confirmed cases to 78,499.
2020-12-10

Malaysia reports a record 972 new recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide total of recoveries to 22,220.
2020-11-1

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

Both houses of the Parliament of Australia vote to condemn a proposal to send asylum seekers to Malaysia.
2011-06-16

Malaysia seizes "suspected nuclear parts" in a Chinese ship bound for Iran.
2011-03-17

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and three others are suspended from parliament for six months after allegedly suggesting a government unity policy was inspired by an Israeli initiative.
2010-12-16

Newly released cables from Australian intelligence show the intelligence assessment that charges of sodomy laid against Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim are due to a "set up job" that he "walked into". Others refer to Malaysia as a "confused and dangerous" state, Thai politicians as corrupt and Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn as "very erratic and easily subject to influence", and Japan as a "big fat loser".
2010-12-12