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The Office of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. Photo: Shutterstock
Malaysia

Malaysian witness’ kidnapping a wake-up call for authorities: women’s advocate

Pamela Ling’s abduction highlights safety failures in Malaysia, women’s rights group says, even as the search expands to Singapore.

Vietnam

Vietnam’s Truong My Lan offers property empire to avoid death penalty

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Malaysia

Malaysia’s Anwar risks single term as PM, minister warns, as party rift widens

Malaysia

Malaysia extends term of anti-corruption head by one year

Azam Baki’s previous reappointments as chief commissioner agency led to public debate about Anwar’s pledges to improve Malaysia’s governance.

Malaysia’s King Ibrahim Iskandar gifts honey to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Chief Azam Baki, and tells him to “go catch the bees” on April 1 of last year. Photo: Captured from Facebook
Malaysia

‘Unfair’ to blame us for witness abduction, says Malaysia’s anti-corruption chief

Pamela Ling has not been seen since she was taken by people in police uniform while on her way to the MACC office on April 9.

Banking & finance

Hong Kong watchdog charges 7 linked to Macau builder’s IPO

Four financial professionals and three of their relatives face charges in case related to Huarchi Global Group’s 2019 IPO, ICAC says.

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Malaysia

Kidnap of Malaysian witness by ‘police officers’ sparks public safety fears

Pamela Ling’s abduction while on her way to testify is the latest in a series of vanishings involving businesspeople and activists.

Pamela Ling was abducted on April 9. Photo: Handout
Indonesia

How ‘preman’ gangsters hold Indonesia’s EV revolution hostage

From China’s BYD to Vietnam’s VinFast, foreign EV investors in Indonesia are reportedly facing disruption from shadowy local enforcers.

Malaysia

Malaysia’s evergreen Mahathir, older than Superman and sliced bread, eyes 100

The two-time PM who had planned to retire in his seventies is now approaching a century, having outlived political allies and foes alike.

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Malaysia

Malaysia’s anti-graft agency seeks powers to claw back billions in illicit funds

The MACC is seeking new powers to negotiate the return of large sums of money without first having to press charges.

Malaysia attorney-general Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar (second left) and his team arrives to appeal against a royal addendum for jailed former prime minister Najib Razak at the Federal Court in Putrajaya, Malaysia on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Bangladesh

Exclusive | Bangladesh’s new leader dreams big, with a little help from China

A popular revolt that ousted the kleptocratic Sheikh Hasina thrust Muhammad Yunus, 84, into power. Now he’s looking to China for help.

Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus. Illustration: Huy Truong
Malaysia

Malaysian journalist in bribe scandal returns, vows to report ‘without fear’

B. Nantha Kumar has been allowed back to Malaysiakini after an internal inquiry cleared him, although he still faces a criminal trial.

Vietnam

Vietnam tycoon on death row has life sentence cut to 30 years in laundering case

Truong My Lan’s life sentence for laundering billions was shortened on Monday – but she still faces the death penalty in a separate case.

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Thailand

Chinese executive linked to Bangkok tower collapse arrested

The 30-storey tower was reduced to rubble when a quake struck neighbouring Myanmar last month, killing 47 people and leaving 47 missing.

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Rescue workers conduct a search operation for survivors at the site of the collapsed tower on 29 March. Photo: EPA-EFE
Malaysia

Former Malaysian PM Abdullah, who extended political freedoms, dies at 85

Khairy Jamaluddin, his son-in-law and former health minister, announced on social media that ‘Pak Lah’ had died.

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Former Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi died on Monday at the age of 85. Photo: AP
Singapore

Ong Beng Seng to step down from Singapore property firm amid Iswaran scandal

The man who brought Formula One to Singapore is leaving his property firm, with a guilty plea pending in a prominent corruption scandal.

Malaysia

Are Malaysia’s whistle-blower laws protecting the wrong people?

A businessman who exposed alleged corruption is now facing scrutiny himself, raising questions about Malaysia’s anti-graft legal framework.

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Thailand

Thais outraged by expensive furniture for now-collapsed Bangkok tower

Corruption watchdog page reveals list of items including sofas costing nearly US$5,000 and 28 rosewood armchairs for State Audit Office building.

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Rescuers search for survivors on Friday at the site of the collapsed State Audit Office tower building in Bangkok. Photo: EPA-EFE
Thailand

Massive Myanmar earthquake reveals cracks in Bangkok’s ‘tofu buildings’

The Chinese embassy in Bangkok has called for full cooperation with the Thai authorities’ investigation into the State Audit Office collapse.

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Malaysia 1MDB scandal

Chasing Jho Low: blockchain bounty breathes new life into hunt for 1MDB fugitive

Can a memecoin help uncover Jho Low’s whereabouts? New evidence is surfacing about the scandal, thanks to a crypto reward system.

Indonesia

Indonesia’s Danantara fund faces constitutional challenge over corruption concerns

Critics fear the new law underpinning the fund weakens oversight of state-owned enterprises, potentially fuelling corruption risks.

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Exterior facade of the building housing Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund, known as Daya Anagata Nusantara or Danantara, in Jakarta. Photo: AFP
Vietnam

Vietnamese tycoon facing death sentence scrambles to repay fraud billions

Truong My Lan’s lawyer said she was securing funds to appeal her life sentence, on top of the US$11 billion she needs to avoid execution.

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Truong My Lan attends trial at a court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in April last year. Photo: VnExpress via AP
Malaysia

Smart play or ticking time bomb? Malaysia’s DAP sidelines strongman Lim Guan Eng

Lim is known for being very vocal against corruption in Malay-majority Umno, with which his party is now trying to build ties.

Malaysia 1MDB scandal

Explainer | Why is Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal still casting a long shadow over its economy?

About 70 per cent of the US$10 billion funds pilfered from the sovereign wealth fund have been recovered, Malaysia’s MACC says.

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Malaysia

Anger mounts in Malaysia over Anwar’s US$230 million ‘bailout’ of Sapura Energy

The Malaysian prime minister says the funds will be used to prevent disruptions to the oil and gas sector, but many are unconvinced.

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim speaks at a tech event in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

Malaysian reporter acclaimed for migrant syndicate stories denies bribe-taking

Malaysiakini’s Nantha Kumar claims he was acting as an undercover informant for immigration authorities.

If convicted, Malaysian journalist B. Nantha Kumar faces a 20-year prison term. Photo: Facebook/nantha.kumarbalachandram
Singapore

Singapore working with Indonesia to extradite corruption fugitive: minister

Paulus Tannos, a businessman, was arrested in January, a month after Indonesian authorities requested his capture.

Malaysia

My Take | Here we go again: Ismail Sabri is third Malaysian ex-PM on corruption carousel

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim still has to make good 2018 election promise to push for clean political funding.

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