Malaysia

Malaysian police have deployed additional manpower to control the crowd traveling through the Malaysian side of the Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine Complex (CIQ) at the Causeway. Johor Bahru South district police chief Raub Selamat…

Malaysia’s Higher Education Ministry has agreed to provide a five-day break from Nov 17 for students at institutions of higher learning to exercise their right to vote in the 15th General Election. Higher Education director-general Husaini…

The Johor state government wants to make it easy to travel between Malaysia and Singapore and any claim that Umno was behind a move to disable the autogates for passport clearance at the Johor Baru checkpoint is false, said Chief Minister…

Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will be shifting his electoral base to contest next month’s general election in the northern Perak state, he announced on Thursday night. Datuk Seri Anwar, who was the MP for Port Dickson ward in…

Malaysian caretaker Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition must work “very hard” to secure the overwhelming majority it needs to form a strong government in the coming general election. Gone were…

Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob remains the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the post of prime minister in the 15th General Election, said the coalition's chairman, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said BN's stand on this would not change if the…

Malaysia's main opposition pact Pakatan Harapan (PH) is sticking to its decision not to call for state polls in the three states it controls until next year. This is despite the Democratic Action Party's (DAP) Penang arm and party chairman…

A warning by Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi that more Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders will be charged with graft if it loses the upcoming general election has become a weapon for the opposition even before official campaigning begins. It…

Almost 4½ months after Malaysia banned the export due to a domestic shortage, the first batch of live Malaysian broiler chickens crossed the Causeway on Thursday morning, with supermarkets receiving the first batch of these chickens later…

An electoral tie-up between two of Malaysia's biggest Malay parties, Umno and Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), is looking increasingly unlikely, potentially splitting Malay votes in the general election expected to take place in November. The…