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Iman Muttaqin Yusof
Reporter, Asia
Iman Muttaqin Yusof is a Kuala Lumpur-based journalist covering Malaysia and Southeast Asia, whose work has previously appeared in international news outlets. His reporting focuses on politics, business, regional affairs, and humanitarian issues.
Iman Muttaqin Yusof is a Kuala Lumpur-based journalist covering Malaysia and Southeast Asia, whose work has previously appeared in international news outlets. His reporting focuses on politics, business, regional affairs, and humanitarian issues.
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Rafizi and Nik Nazmi are holding an event to announce a new ‘political direction’ on the same day as Anwar’s party meets.
The request appears unlikely to succeed because Low has never appeared in a US court, stood trial or accepted responsibility, analysts say.
The missiles are central to Malaysia’s troubled littoral combat ship programme as Putrajaya says it will seek an explanation from Oslo.
Abdul Halim Aman, 69, takes the reins at a turbulent time for the MACC. ‘He has a difficult job ahead’, one analyst says.
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Malaysia has a new anti-corruption chief. What it doesn’t have yet is a clear answer to the questions that dogged the old one.
About 100,000 to 200,000 Indonesians make the risky sea journey to Malaysia in search of work each year, according to migrant activists.
The government will review fuel subsidies for higher-income Malaysians but has yet to decide how the cut-off should be applied, Anwar says.
The Prosecutorial Accountability Watch database is an attempt to make sense of a justice system clouded by ‘double standards’.
Though Sultan Ibrahim’s visit is officially ceremonial, its timing coincides with the energy squeeze plaguing Malaysia and much of Asia.
Ex-economy minister Rafizi Ramli, who is questioned by the MACC, previously pitched the deal as key to the Malaysian chip sector’s future.
A Picasso and a Miro are among four works on show, representing a fraction of the US$4.5 billion looted from Malaysia’s 1MDB fund.
The MACC is investigating power abuse claims and irregularities linked to the alliance between the economy ministry and the UK chip designer.
Anwar’s government has tilted to the right in recent years in a move to win the support of Malay voters, analysts say.
Kuala Lumpur’s Rain Rave Water Music Festival faces backlash from critics who argue that such vulgar imports hurt conservative values.
The man, who is accused of attacking his pregnant wife until she miscarried, would ‘seek partners with stable jobs’, a police chief says.
Umno-led Barisan Nasional claims to have a simple majority after teaming up with opposition lawmakers amid an attempt to overthrow the ruler.
A raid reveals a shift in tactics by syndicates that have long used Malaysia’s porous borders to move undocumented migrants.
Former High Court judge Abdul Halim Aman takes the reins of MACC from Azam Baki amid scandals.
Muzahid Millad was killed in a crash involving an allegedly drunk Malaysian soldier, prompting calls for justice and stricter laws.
Four chiefs have declared that Tuanku Muhriz is no longer the ruler of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia’s only state with an elected Malay ruler.
Indonesia is leading a regional push to ban children from social media platforms. Enforcement is another matter, however.
Gavin Chow’s victory highlights the contrast between Bangkok’s queer visibility and the pressures still facing LGBTQ people in Malaysia.
Anwar spoke with Sneako about issues ranging from Malaysia’s multi-religious society and Israel to the ‘very condescending’ American mindset.
Malaysia is trying to prevent its heavily subsidised petrol and diesel from being siphoned across land and sea borders as the global energy crisis bites.
Experts question whether Malaysia’s laws are keeping pace with the harm spread by AI, and call for stronger legal protections for artists.
The driver of a Singapore-registered vehicle faces a US$252,600 fine, jail or both if he is found guilty of pumping subsidised RON95 petrol.
A grievance dating back hundreds of years resurfaces as Kedah state lays claim to the country’s richest island.
The Federation of Malaysian Business Associations warns of losses of more than US$120 million but critics say the group is ‘missing the point’.
Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink says the US still has ‘extraordinary’ influence in the region, given its trade and security ties with Asean.
