In Selangor, Malaysia, a 41-year-old Nigerian student was arrested for allegedly defrauding a school headmistress of nearly N13 million. Nwaokorie Chikezi Patrick, a private college student, is accused of defrauding a 59-year-old woman of more than RM140,000 by claiming a fictitious inheritance worth RM2.4 million. On Friday, April 16, after the charges were read out […]
After seven weeks of being told by authorities to “dudak rumah,” or stay at home, Malaysians tentatively resumed some aspects of pre-coronavirus life on Monday. READ ALSO: Police warn against curfew violation in Enugu Some businesses reopened and restaurants were allowed to cater to in-house diners seated at a distance. In Kuala Lumpur, a usually […]
Malaysian authorities are rounding up undocumented migrants as part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, the country’s police chief said late on Friday, after hundreds of migrants and refugees were detained in the capital Kuala Lumpur. Over 700 migrants were taken into custody, including young children and ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, during […]
Volunteers are beginning to dress up as ghosts and lurking at night to scare people into sticking to coronavirus lockdowns in Indonesia and Malaysia. Wearing white bed sheets, the ‘ghosts’ have been seen jumping out at unsuspecting passersby in dark streets, standing on top of vehicles in deserted car parks and sitting on benches in public spaces. […]
Malaysian authorities have begun using COVID-19 antibody rapid tests kits to supplement laboratory tests as the number of cases in the country grows, a senior health official said on Tuesday. Officials in Malaysia, as elsewhere, had initially rejected the use of the serology test kits, which can show the presence of antibodies in people who […]
Malaysia’s shops will cut operating hours starting on Wednesday, as the goverment cranks up restrictions aimed at slowing a surge in coronavirus cases to 2,470, a high in the region. During a Monday press conference broadcast on Facebook, Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that “all supermarkets or any premises selling essential items shall observe the […]
Malaysia’s Government on Monday promised to hand out 10 million protective face masks to citizens as concerns grew about the local impact of the coronavirus pandemic. As the local death toll rose by four on Monday, bringing the total number of death to 14, the Health Ministry linked two of the deaths to an Islamic […]
Malaysia on Tuesday confirmed the country’s first death from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. Local Authorities in Sarawak on the Malaysian part of island of Borneo said that a 60-year-old Baptist Pastor died in hospital in Kuching, the regional capital. READ ALSO: 8 South American countries take joint action against coronavirus According […]
Malaysia’s king summoned Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday, as the country waits for an end to the political chaos caused by his shock resignation as prime minister amid an intense power struggle. Decades-old political rivals Mahathir, 94, and Anwar Ibrahim, 72, have both sought the prime minister’s job, leaving the king to decide who governs the […]
Malaysia has passed a controversial anti-terrorism bill, which the government says is needed to tackle the threat from Islamic extremists, BBC reports. The bill reintroduces indefinite detention without trial – something the prime minister had repealed in 2012. Human Rights Watch called the move “a giant step backwards for human rights”. It was passed hours […]
Boosting tourism may be high on the agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, but the higher tax regime has made India one of the costliest destinations in the world. A foreign tourist landing here ends up paying over 20 percent tax for various services, while India’s competing countries like Malaysia and Thailand score in […]