Najib’s Clemency Barely Moved Markets But Malaysia’s Governance Test Is Far From Over

By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 – Malaysia’s markets showed little immediate alarm after former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was granted conditional clemency allowing him to serve the remainder of his SRC International sentence under house arrest. But the muted reaction should not be mistaken for proof that the decision…

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News Analysis:‘Gone Are the Days’: DAP’s Nine Wins Mask a Warning From Its Base

DAP remained Pakatan Harapan’s strongest performer in Negeri Sembilan, winning nine of the 11 seats it contested. But its narrow defeats in Chennah and Repah, and fading enthusiasm among some non-Malay voters have left the party confronting a harder question: whether remaining in the federal administration is costing it support among the constituency that built…

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MALAYSIA THIS WEEK

Third Force, Royal Crisis and Heatwave: Malaysia’s Defining Week By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH The week of 17 to 24 May 2026 will be remembered as the week Malaysia’s political landscape shifted on multiple fronts at once. Two former cabinet ministers quit the ruling coalition and launched a third force. The Negeri Sembilan royal…

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MALAYSIA TODAY BRIEF

A morning that began with a seismic alert and a national narrative that keeps tightening around the energy crisis. KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 2 – Malaysia woke to a convergence of pressures this morning: a regional seismic alert affecting Sabah, sweeping government measures responding to the global energy shock, a crackdown on misinformation surrounding fuel prices,…

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KLIA Aerotrain hit by 20th glitch; MAHB blames power fault, Loke orders urgent fix

By : Mike Paul Kuala Lumpur, Oct 28 — Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) confirmed another breakdown of the KLIA Aerotrain this morning, marking the 20th reported incident since July. The disruption, which occurred at Terminal 1, has been traced to power system faults managed by contractors IJM-PESTEC Joint Venture (IPJV), with Alstom also involved…

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