Hadi Azmi

Chinese tea chain Chagee has once again landed in hot water with Malaysia’s censorious consumers after its mobile app displayed a map with Beijing’s disputed nine-dash line claim over the South China Sea, sparking boycott calls and nationalist outrage. Southeast […]

A leading Malaysian reporter caught in a hotel raid allegedly accepting bribes to drop an investigation into a migrant-trafficking syndicate at Kuala Lumpur International Airport has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. Malaysia has seen trafficking syndicates and

Malaysia is set to invest US$250 million over 10 years to acquire intellectual property from UK semiconductor design firm Arm Holdings, whose technology powers nearly all of the world’s smartphones, as the country aims to go beyond chip assembly and

A crackdown on price gouging has begun after Malaysia’s government took licensing power over food bazaars away from cartels and alleged rent seekers in Kuala Lumpur ahead of Ramadan, the Muslim fasting season that is set to begin on Sunday

The furore over a suspected cat killer lurking on a campus in Kuala Lumpur intensified on Friday after the discovery of another “extensively mutilated” feline enraged animal lovers who have already rescued dozens of cats. In the latest incident, the

A murder probe has been launched after Malaysian police said a body found in a river in Selangor state’s Kuala Langat is believed to be that of a 15-year-old girl reported missing after she did not return home from lion

Poll results showing Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim enjoying higher approval ratings have sparked heated debates, with his critics saying the data does not reflect widespread anger over the country’s stagnant economy and the backtracking of his reformist agenda. Prominent

As TikTok continues its meteoric rise towards global domination, another Chinese app is quietly capturing attention in Malaysia. Xiaohongshu – or “Little Red Book” – may have its roots in e-commerce, but it is reshaping how young, Mandarin-speaking Malaysians connect

Celebrity couple Vivy Yusof and Fadzarudin Shah Anuar on Thursday denied criminal charges of embezzlement from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund at their first court appearance over the alleged misappropriation of 8 million ringgit (US$1.81 million) from their failed Fashion Valet

Floods that swept across nine Malaysian states last week killing six, devastating homes and ruining crops, caused almost 1 billion ringgit (US$244 million) in damages, the government has said. That economic cost is a fraction of the nearly US$3 billion