Malaysia

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For many Malaysians, the reduced punishment for disgraced former leader Najib Razak is seen as the ultimate betrayal, with authorities appearing to go soft on a corrupt 70-year-old whose ill-gotten gains once helped fund a Hollywood movie.

A Malaysian pardons board on February 2 halved the jail sentence of Former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who was convicted of graft and money laundering.

In a royal pardon granted on no grounds by an outgoing king, the former prime minister guilty of laundering state funds will be released by 2028 and subjected to a reduced fine of 50 million ringgit ($16 million) — a massive cut from the initial amount of 210 million ringgit ($68 million).

A family trip to Malaysia becomes a crisis when Kelly Eng and her ageing parents are thrown into physical combat against men in balaclavas carrying machetes.

After 'the worst tiger-related deaths in decades', Malayan tigers are being trapped and moved away from humans.

After a five-year closure, a Geraldton meatworks may reopen by mid-February due to demand for Australian meat from international markets in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Middle East.

Over 150 Chinese passengers were on the flight which vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.

Mining company Rio Tinto is undertaking the largest demolition project in Australia's history, taking apart an old alumina refinery in north-east Arnhem Land with the first scrap metal from the site shipped to Asia. 

The first durians of the season are fetching more than $30 a kilogram wholesale, meaning the cockatoos are "picking the most expensive fruit in town", grower Han Shiong Siah says.

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Ashwin Ramachandran is on a mission to help increase access to fertility tests for men and start more conversations about male infertility.

Disappearing Cantonese dialects and centuries-old Vietnamese instruments feature alongside bilingual K-rap and punk Malaysian street art in a program that champions freedom of expression.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take to the streets in the world's major cities to voice opposition to violence in Gaza and show support for Palestinians trapped in region.

The family of Adelaide woman Annapuranee Jenkins, whose remains were found on a Malaysian construction site in 2020, says a review of coronial inquest findings is being thwarted by a lack of cooperation.

China is working with neighbouring countries to crack down on the scam operations that are plaguing the region — including Australia. 

Malaysia is once again accepting live cattle and buffalo exports from Australia. Will Indonesia follow suit?

China's neighbours have "resolutely rejected" the map in what is the latest dispute in a long-running conflict over the South China Sea. 

A light plane has crashed into a four-lane road near Malaysia's capital, killing eight people on board and two motorists on the ground. The plane exploded into a fireball on impact, with thick black smoke seen rising from the site.

Dashcam and rear cam vision captures an explosion after a private Beechcraft crashes into a road in Malaysia's Selangor state.

A light plane crashes into a street in Malaysia's central Selangor state, killing eight people on board and two motorists on the ground.

A cattle ship has sailed out of Darwin despite Malaysia notifying Australia that it will suspend imports of cattle and buffalo because of concerns about lumpy skin disease.

Forensic analysis commissioned by SA Police has found an Adelaide woman who disappeared in Malaysia in 2017 suffered blunt force trauma, with her son saying the family has spent almost $500,000 to find answers.  

The Miss Universe Organisation cuts ties with its Indonesian franchisee and will cancel an upcoming pageant in Malaysia after contestants complained to police, accusing local organisers of sexual harassment.

Stays in maternity hotels are becoming increasingly popular among Chinese women in Australia, with some new mothers paying up to $50,000 for 26 days.