Lawmakers from Indonesia accused Malaysia’s navy Tuesday of illegally entering its waters 19 times since May, reigniting a long-standing dispute over the resource-rich territory along their sea border. The International Court of Justice gave Malaysia sovereignty to two islands north of the Ambalat oil and gas block in the Celebes Sea in 2002, but the [...]

The number of confirmed Influenza A (HIN1) cases in Malaysia now has risen to five, with the latest two cases involving two German nationals, aged 30 and 32, who are holidaying in Southeast Asia. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, speaking to reporters in Putrajaya, said the duo arrived in the country on Air [...]

A new political party for Malaysia’s ethnic Indian minority was launched on 19 Mei 2009, with its leader saying it would fight discrimination against the disadvantaged community. The Malaysian Makkal Sakti (People’s Power) party is an offshoot of the banned rights group Hindraf, which had five of its leaders detained without trial after mounting unprecedented [...]

Malaysia confirmed its second case of swine flu Saturday, a woman who recently returned from the United States. Ramlee Rahmat, the Health Ministry deputy director-general, said the woman had returned to Malaysia from the United States on Wednesday and was hospitalized Friday in northern Penang state. Tests confirmed early Saturday that she was infected with [...]

Director-general of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said Malaysia’s first influenza A(H1N1) case involved a 21-year-old male student who returned from the United States two days ago and started having fever, sore throat and body aches yesterday, and was admitted to Sungai Buloh Hospital at 6.45pm the same day. “He has been given [...]

Malaysian authorities will investigate a suicide bomb threat issued from within the country by a terror group against three foreign missions in Bangladesh, the country’s police chief. Reuters on Friday reported that an unknown terror group, Jameaah Islamiyah al Qaeda, had threatened the U.S. embassy and the Canadian and Australian High Commissions in Dhaka. The [...]