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Tashny Sukumaran
Malaysia correspondent
Tashny Sukumaran reports for the Post from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and her work for Asia desk covers a variety of issues ranging from national politics to women's rights. She has ten years of journalism experience in Malaysia, and holds a postgraduate degree in human rights law.
Some Malaysian cities have recorded temperature rises of up to 6.7 degrees Celsius over the past two decades.
A week into its national immunisation plan, doctors have complained that political aides and workers are cutting ahead of medical frontliners to get inoculated.
The embattled leader has promised to hold elections after the Covid-19 pandemic is under control. He has only a slim parliamentary majority now, and is faced with an unhappy populace hard-hit by repeated coronavirus lockdowns.
Science minister Khairy Jamaluddin has become the face of Kuala Lumpur’s public health drive, and he – and PM Muhyiddin Yassin’s government – stand to benefit from its success.
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Science minister Khairy Jamaluddin, actress Maya Karin and disgraced ex-premier Najib Razak have all used the audio-chat app to reach out to audiences.
Malaysia will get its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines on Sunday, and a national immunisation plan will kick off on February 26.
Although one woman is making an effort to provide mental health resources via her Instagram page, the country’s overall strategy on the issue is said to be lacking.
A ruling under which ministers returning to the country only have to quarantine for three days was met with fierce public criticism, if not ridicule.
‘There’s no more visiting my aunties and all that, I’ve told them not to expect a visit.’
Sultan Abdullah has been urged to take five steps to help the country amid anger over the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Although the government loosened restrictions related to reunion dinners, some Malaysian-Chinese were less than thrilled about any rules at all.
A decades-long smuggling racket could jeopardise Malaysia’s image of having a ‘gold standard’ halal status.
Malaysian PM Muhyiddin Yassin said a special Asean meeting was necessary as the turmoil in Myanmar may jeopardise peace and stability of the region.
Government complaint filed at WTO says Europe’s anti-palm oil measures create ‘unreasonable trade barrier’.
A health policies specialist says the country’s contact tracing is not fast or comprehensive enough even for an influenza pandemic, let alone Covid-19.
As investors point the finger over workers’ living conditions, experts say action is needed to keep ahead of competitors in China and Southeast Asia.
Roads were packed before the order came into effect at midnight on Tuesday, with some rushing to stock up on groceries or spend time with family before travel was banned.
How will Malaysia’s lockdown affect daily life, what happened to its earlier success and is there a political angle to all of this?
The emergency could last until August 1 and will give PM Muhyiddin Yassin the ability to govern by fiat, helping to preserve his political future.
Police say the businessman – compared by some to the alleged mastermind of the 1MDB scandal – has fled to Thailand after a cryptocurrency and property scam.
The country’s 13 states and three federal territories will be put under some form of lockdown starting Wednesday. All inter-state travel is banned.
It was supposed to be a seminal, US$25 billion deal that would make Malaysia’s Johor a New Jersey to Singapore’s Manhattan. Where did it all go wrong?
The country recorded 3,027 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, its highest ever total, prompting experts to recommend swift action.
Umno said it would discuss the motion to cut ties with Muhyiddin’s Bersatu party during its general assembly at the end of this month.
Ouyang Yujing’s appointment could mean ‘more authoritative decisions’ over the countries’ overlapping claims in the waterway.
Tengku Adnan Mansor, a minister in the cabinet of disgraced former premier Najib Razak, has been found guilty of graft for taking a US$495,000 bribe.
Shows in which handsome young men compete in reciting the Koran and preparing bodies for burial are modernising religion, but with sometimes unfortunate consequences.
The knife-edge budget victory disproved Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s claim that more MPs supported him than PM Muhyiddin Yassin.
In one case discovered by the national rights body, pregnant migrant women were on the verge of selling their babies because they could not access health care.
Rights groups warn the country is backtracking on the progress made after its landmark election in 2018.
