A Malaysian opposition politician who lost a recent special election said he would ask a court to nullify the result, claiming he was a victim of vote buying and other irregularities that favored the ruling party. Zaid Ibrahim, who has been tipped as a future party leader, lost Sunday’s election to the ruling National Front [...]

Barisan Nasional’s (BN) P.Kamalanathan has won a hard-fought Hulu Selangor by-election in what will be seen as a boost for Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s administration, but Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is expected to take heart from the close margin. BN won today’s poll by just 1725 votes, recouping spoilt votes which contributed to its defeat in [...]

Malaysia will buy 12 military helicopters from Eurocopter in a 500-million-dollar deal, an official said on April 22, two years after the plan was shelved due to the financial crisis. In October 2008 the government scrapped a contract awarded to the European firm for 12 Cougar EC725 helicopters as a cost-cutting move and to reprioritise [...]

As of 5.30pm April 20, 2010, 75 new cases of Influenza A (H1N1) have been detected, bringing the total number of cases to 13,274. Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said, however, no new cases of death were reported on April 20, 2010. Eleven people were undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit, [...]

Sebastian Vettel stormed to victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix Sunday, leading home a Red Bull one-two ahead of Mark Webber with Nico Rosberg completing the podium for Mercedes. It was third time lucky for the German after mechanical failures robbed him of victory in the opening two races of the season but once he [...]