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Johor Bahru, capital of the Malaysian state of Johor. The change to the state’s weekend will take effect from January 1, 2025. Photo: Bloomberg

Malaysia’s Johor state reverting to Saturday-Sunday weekend after 11 years

The move had received the ‘consent and blessing’ of Malaysia’s king Sultan Ibrahim, his son Johor Regent Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim said.

Asian Angle | Inside PAS’ ‘brilliant move’ to consolidate political power in Malaysia

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Malaysian PM had no role in graft probe into rival Mahathir: senior Anwar aide

Police question Malaysian MP Teresa Kok over halal remarks

Police said 50 reports were lodged against the lawmaker by those who thought her request to review a halal certification plan was offensive.

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Teresa Kok was questioned by police for suggesting a review of mandatory halal certification. Photo: AFP

Malaysia’s Muhyiddin Yassin suffers fresh legal blow in corruption case

Muhyiddin’s legal woes follow a tumultuous year for his political bloc, with some lawmakers shifting allegiance to PM Anwar Ibrahim.

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Malaysia’s ex-PM Muhyiddin faces sedition charge over monarchy remarks

Muhyiddin will be the country’s first former leader to be charged under the colonial era law, and could face penalties including jail time if found guilty.

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Malaysia’s ex-PM Muhyiddin swears loyalty to monarchy after police probe

Muhyiddin Yassin has questioned the palace’s decision to invite Anwar Ibrahim to be Malaysia’s prime minister instead of him in 2022.

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Then Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin speaks at a virtual meeting in Kuala Lumpur in 2020. Photo: Reuters

Malaysia’s anti-party hopping law tested by controversial ruling on sacked MPs

The parliamentary speaker’s decision to let the MPs keep their seats could undermine the law meant to maintain political stability.

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Malaysia court reinstates abuse of power charges against ex-PM Muhyiddin

A Kuala Lumpur high court had thrown out the four charges and acquitted Muhyiddin in August, ruling those had not detailed his alleged offences

‘Ready to prosecute’: Malaysia to charge ex-PM Muhyiddin’s son-in-law for graft

Authorities have been searching for Muhammad Adlan Berhan since August in relation to a probe on a project involving the registration and recruitment of foreign workers.

Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency said it is ready to charge former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s son-in-law, Muhammad Adlan Berhan, for graft. Photo: Bernama

Mahathir’s son given extension to declare assets in Malaysia anti-graft probe

The order is part of an anti-graft investigation after Mirzan’s name appeared in leaks of offshore business records that were revealed by a global media network.

Mirzan Mahathir, the eldest son of former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, has been told to declare his assets to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. Photo: SCMPOST

Malaysia’s Muhyiddin Yassin reverses call to resign as opposition party president

The former prime minister, who also heads the wider opposition bloc Perikatan Nasional, told his Bersatu party on Saturday he had changed his mind after his wife urged him to ‘stay another term’.

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Malaysia’s Muhyiddin Yassin to step down as opposition party president

The former PM leads the Bersatu party and chairs the Malay-dominated Perikatan Nasional alliance. If he relinquishes that, it could rob the bloc of one of the few leaders with broad appeal.

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Muhyiddin says Malaysia's opposition MPs being coerced to back PM Anwar

The Bersatu party, which leads the opposition alliance, found that four lawmakers were getting threatened with legal action or offered cash bribes to back Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, according to its president Muhyiddin Yassin.

Muhyiddin Yassin says that members of his opposition party have been coerced to switch allegiance and back Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Photo: Reuters

Malaysian lawmaker Syed Saddiq gets 7 years in jail, whipping for embezzlement

A Kuala Lumpur court found the Muda leader guilty of embezzling more than US$200,000 of funds for a political party.

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Former Malaysian youth and sports minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman. Photo: Reuters

Malaysia faces heat over faulty ventilators bought ‘on WhatsApp’ during Covid

Officials spent US$100 million on some 8.5 million vaccine doses that went unused, while US$4.2 million was wasted on mostly faulty ventilators, a parliamentary report said.

Malaysia’s PAS will stab Mahathir and Muhyiddin in the back, says Umno official

Former PMs Mahathir Mohamad and Muhyiddin Yassin ‘will stab PAS’, wrote Umno supreme council member Puad Zarkashi. ‘But PAS will stab them first’.

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Malaysia charges opposition election chief with sedition weeks before polls

Perikatan Nasional’s Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor stands accused of bringing the Selangor monarchy into disrepute with his ‘lousy’ swipe at a fellow chief minister.

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Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor raises his fist as he leaves a court in Gombak on Tuesday after being charged with sedition. Photo: Reuters

Malaysia’s Anwar faces crucial test in August state polls

The regional polls will not directly impact Anwar’s two-thirds majority in parliament, but any significant losses for his coalition could lead to questions about his leadership and destabilise his ruling bloc.

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Malaysian PM Anwar bites back over sea border claim

Anwar says he consulted multiple government experts about the deal, calls on the opposition to spell out their allegations and defer from making sweeping statements.

Malaysia’s Anwar slammed for ‘irresponsible’ sea dispute talks with China

Muhyiddin condemned Prime Minister Anwar’s announcement that his government was open to talks on Beijing’s concerns over Petronas’ exploration in the disputed waterway.

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Chinese fishing vessels near Yongshu reef of the Spratly islands in the South China Sea. Photo: AP

Opinion | Is Malaysian PM Anwar’s ‘failure’ in Saudi Arabia a cause for concern?

The domestic brouhaha over Anwar’s failure to enter the Kaaba is partly explained by how any image of a Malay leader in front of the Kaaba will evoke Malaysian Malays’ national pride.

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While PM Anwar was invited by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and was scheduled to have an audience with him and King Salman, this meeting did not happen. Photo: Malaysia’s Department of Information via Xinhua

Malaysia’s Mahathir threatens to sue PM Anwar for libel, reigniting feud

Legal threat comes after PM Anwar Ibrahim made a thinly veiled attack on Mahathir Mohamad, potentially reigniting a decades-old feud.

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Letters | Muhyiddin Yassin will have, and should wait for, his day in court

Readers discuss the charges against Malaysia’s former prime minister, the US jury system, democratic development in Hong Kong, the theme of the financial secretary’s budget speech, and why companies struggle with hiring.

As I see it | Could Malaysia’s latest graft crackdown backfire on Anwar’s administration?

Anwar denies that moves to indict a predecessor are part of witch hunt aimed at lowering support for opposition coalition among majority Muslim population, many of them undecided voters.

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Could Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s attempts to reduce corruption backfire? Photo: AP

Malaysia’s ex-PM Muhyiddin Yassin slapped with seventh corruption charge

The former leader pleaded innocent on Monday to receiving illegal proceeds of more than US$1 million that was banked into his political party.

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Muhyiddin Yassin, Malaysia’s former prime minister, leaves Kuala Lumpur High Court on Friday after being charged with corruption. Photo: AFP

Malaysia’s Muhyiddin pleads not guilty to abuse of power, money laundering

Muhyiddin, who described the case as politically motivated, was granted bail after pleading not guilty to all six charges.

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‘Ill-intentioned ploy’: Malaysia’s Muhyiddin says graft charges are trumped up

Muhyiddin, who was PM from 2020 to 2021, will be charged on Friday over allegations of abuse in stimulus programmes during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Muhyiddin Yassin
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Born
15 May 1947
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Fomer Prime Minister of Malaysia
last updated:
7 October, 2024
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