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    <date>2026-05-11</date>
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    <slug>/feed/2026/05/11/a-boat-carrying-undocumented-migrants-sinks-off-pangkor-island-malaysia-leaving-14-people-missing-and-23-others-rescue</slug>
    <text>A boat carrying undocumented migrants sinks off Pangkor Island, Malaysia, leaving 14 people missing and 23 others rescued. </text>
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    <text>Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim temporarily freezes all military and police procurement until compliance rules are met following an anti-corruption probe, while ordering a review and restructuring of the procurement system. </text>
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    <text>The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission raids multiple companies and freezes six bank accounts while investigating alleged bribery linked to army procurement contracts, as army chief Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan is placed on leave pending the inquiry. </text>
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    <text>The high court of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, rules that former prime minister Najib Razak must remain in prison, holding that a purported royal addendum allowing house arrest lacks legal force because it was not approved by the pardons board, as required under the constitution. </text>
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    <text>Malaysia enacts amendments to its nuclear law that require permits for all atomic-energy activities, including the import, export, transshipment, and transit of radioactive and nuclear materials. The updated framework introduces stricter oversight and penalties, including the possibility of the death penalty. </text>
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    <text>Singapore executes Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, a Malaysian man convicted of drug offenses, bringing this year's number of executions in the country to 12. </text>
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    <slug>/feed/2025/09/3/a-rescue-team-locates-the-burnt-remains-of-the-eastindo-passenger-mbb-kawasaki-bk-117-helicopter-that-went-missing-on-mo</slug>
    <text>A rescue team locates the burnt remains of the EastIndo passenger MBB-Kawasaki BK 117 helicopter that went missing on Monday in Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo and recovers one body. </text>
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    <slug>/feed/2025/06/9/fifteen-people-are-killed-and-33-others-are-injured-in-a-traffic-collision-when-a-bus-carrying-students-loses-control-an</slug>
    <text>Fifteen people are killed and 33 others are injured in a traffic collision when a bus carrying students loses control and crashes into the back of a minivan on the East–West Highway near Gerik, Perak, Malaysia. </text>
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    <date>2025-05-27</date>
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    <slug>/feed/2025/05/27/malaysian-prime-minister-anwar-ibrahim-chair-of-the-asean-announces-that-timor-leste-will-officially-join-the-asean-as</slug>
    <text>Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, chair of the ASEAN, announces that Timor-Leste will officially join the ASEAN as its 11th member state in October. </text>
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      <slug>/feed/2025/04/1/at-least-145-people-are-injured-after-a-gas-pipeline-owned-by-petronas-explodes-and-ignites-a-fire-in-putra-heights-sel</slug>
      <text>At least 145 people are injured after a gas pipeline owned by Petronas explodes and ignites a fire in Putra Heights, Selangor, Malaysia. </text>
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      <slug>/feed/2025/04/1/112-people-are-injured-after-a-gas-pipeline-owned-by-petronas-explodes-and-ignites-a-fire-in-putra-heights-selangor-ma</slug>
      <text>112 people are injured after a gas pipeline owned by Petronas explodes and ignites a fire in Putra Heights, Selangor, Malaysia. </text>
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    <date>2025-04-1</date>
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    <slug>/feed/2025/04/1/at-least-305-people-are-injured-after-a-gas-pipeline-owned-by-petronas-explodes-and-ignites-a-fire-in-putra-heights-sel</slug>
    <text>At least 305 people are injured after a gas pipeline owned by Petronas explodes and ignites a fire in Putra Heights, Selangor, Malaysia. </text>
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  <slug>/feed/2026/06/19/malaysian-researchers-identify-pleurocordyceps-cornusynnemata-a-new-fungal-species-in-borneo-that-parasitizes-ophioc</slug>
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    <name>AFP via CBS News</name>
    <day>19</day>
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    <month>6</month>
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    <year>2026</year>
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  <text>Malaysian researchers identify &quot;Pleurocordyceps cornusynnemata&quot;, a new fungal species in Borneo that parasitizes &quot;Ophiocordyceps&quot; fungi infecting ants. Scientists also report the discovery of a previously undocumented spider-infecting fungus. </text>
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