23 h. ago Can Malaysia become Southeast Asia’s top aircraft maintenance hub?

Malaysia’s bid to become Southeast Asia’s top aircraft maintenance hub hinges on how fast it can ramp up capacity, industry players say, as the country races to secure a greater share of the region’s booming aviation support market. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government has set a high bar: it wants Malaysia to capture 50 per cent of Southeast Asia’s aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) market by 2030 – overtaking current leader Singapore. The target is seen as ambitious but not...

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9 d. ago Malaysia summons TikTok, Meta over slow response to fake news, immoral content

Malaysian authorities have summoned TikTok’s top management over the social media company’s alleged delays in tackling fake news on its platform, state news agency Bernama reported on Tuesday, citing Malaysia’s communications minister. Minister Fahmi Fadzil said TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, had been too slow in responding to requests for help in police investigations, prompting him to ask the firm’s chief executive for help, Bernama reported. Fahmi cited a recent case where a man had...

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2 w. ago Meet the man on a mission to revive Malaysia’s indie music spirit

Ahmad Faris was still a teenager when he began chasing the music that once defined Malaysia’s cultural heartbeat. Growing up in suburban Kuala Lumpur, he would listen in awe as his parents reminisced about the electric performances of local icons like the Alleycats and Sudirman Arshad. Those were the days, they told him, when music wasn’t just heard – it was lived. Few moments captured that spirit more vividly than Sudirman’s 1986 legendary Chow Kit Road concert, where more than 100,000 people...

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2 w. ago JPMorgan settles 1MDB scandal with Malaysia for US$330 million

JPMorgan Chase will pay the Malaysian government US$330 million as part of a settlement to resolve all matters related to its role in the multibillion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, both parties said on Friday. Malaysian and US investigators say at least US$4.5 billion was stolen from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) in a globe-spanning scheme between 2009 and 2014. In 2021, 1MDB sued a unit of JPMorgan, along with those of Deutsche Bank and Coutts & Co, to recover alleged losses from the...

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2 w. ago JPMorgan settles 1MDB scandal claims with Malaysia for US$330 million

JPMorgan Chase will pay the Malaysian government US$330 million as part of a settlement to resolve all matters related to its role in the multibillion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, both parties said on Friday. Malaysian and US investigators say at least US$4.5 billion was stolen from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) in a globe-spanning scheme between 2009 and 2014. In 2021, 1MDB sued a unit of JPMorgan, along with those of Deutsche Bank and Coutts & Co, to recover alleged losses from the...

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3 w. ago Malaysia sentences Singaporean to 72 years’ jail for murdering wife, stepson

A Singaporean man who murdered and dismembered the bodies of his wife and stepson six years ago in Melaka before fleeing to the republic was sentenced to 72 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane by a Malaysian court on Monday. Justice Anselm Charles Fernandis of the Melaka High Court ordered Shahrul Nizam Zuraimy, 36, to serve 36 years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane for each charge, with the sentences running consecutively from his arrest on October 11, 2019. Sharul was earlier charged with...

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4 w. ago Will Philippines’ quest for binding South China Sea code succeed in 2026?

With the Philippines gearing up to succeed Malaysia as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in 2026, President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has confirmed that Manila will push for a finalised and binding code of conduct (COC) in the South China Sea amid a longstanding maritime row with China. In an interview for his podcast last Friday, Marcos Jnr confirmed his side would “certainly try” for the outcome, stressing the urgency of a legally binding agreement to maintain stability in...

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