A limousine (center) carrying Al Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah, the ruler of Malaysia’s Kedah state, approaches the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur ahead of a meeting there of the Council of Rulers, June16, 2021.

Malaysia’s King, Rulers: Reconvene Parliament Soon, End Emergency in August

It is vital that lawmakers discuss recovery plan, monarch says after meeting with other royals.

Former Prime Minister Najib Razak (center) enters the Kuala Lumpur Court complex in Kuala Lumpur, May 19, 2020.

Malaysian Court Rejects ex-PM Najib’s Request to Stay Bankruptcy Order

2021-06-14

Another court to hear his plea Wednesday against ruling ordering him to pay U.S. $413 million in taxes.

Rohingya who illegally entered Thailand and were bound for Malaysia, sit in a house in Bangkok, Jan. 3, 2021.

Malaysia’s Anti-Rohingya Refugee Poster Angers Rights Groups

2021-06-11

Separately, Home Minister criticizes U.N. refugee agency, implies it issues too many refugee ID documents.

Protesters in Kuala Lumpur call for the arrest of Jho Low, portrayed as a pirate on this sign, for his alleged role in the theft of billions from 1Malaysia Development Berhad, April 14, 2018.

Malaysian Jho Low Charged for Lobbying US to Return Chinese Dissident

2021-06-11

Fugitive financier and American rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel also tried to get administration to drop 1MDB corruption probe.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim waves to reporters outside the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur after his meeting there with King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah, June 9, 2021.

Malaysia’s King Begins Meetings with Top Politicians on COVID-19 Crisis

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim pleads to monarch to not prolong national emergency beyond Aug. 1.

Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin (center) talks to officials on a visit to a temporary immigration detention center in Beranang, outside Kuala Lumpur, June.3, 2021.

Malaysia: Mass Arrests of Undocumented Migrants to Ensure they get COVID-19 Jabs

In February, government had promised it wouldn’t arrest those without papers when mass inoculation began.

This handout photo from the Royal Malaysian Air Force, taken on May 31, 2021 and released on June 1, 2021, shows a Chinese air force Ilyushin Il-76 plane which, Malaysian authorities say, was in the airspace over Malaysia’s maritime zone near the coast of Sarawak state on Borneo Island.

Malaysia Will Lodge Diplomatic Protest with China over Maritime Airspace ‘Intrusion’

Sixteen Chinese air forces planes flew to within 60 nautical miles of Luconia Shoals near Sarawak.

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