Malaysia

  • Việt NamMáy bay Malindo Air nổ lốp ở sân bay Nội Bài

    Máy bay Malindo Air nổ lốp ở sân bay Nội Bài

    Hôm qua, do bị nổ lốp, một máy bay của hãng Malindo Air (Malaysia) phải hạ cánh khẩn cấp tại sân bay Nội Bài. Vào lúc 13h ngày 21/1, chuyến bay mang số hiệu OD572 của hãng hàng không Malindo Air (Malaysia) cất cánh tại sân bay Nội Bài. Sau khi máy bay cất cánh, bộ phận giám sát sân…

  • Việt NamTay vợt cầu lông số 1 thế giới gặp tai nạn cực kỳ nguy hiểm tại Malaysia

    Tay vợt cầu lông số 1 thế giới gặp tai nạn cực kỳ nguy hiểm tại Malaysia

    Theo New Straits Times (Malaysia), ngày 13/1 đã xảy ra một vụ tai nạn rất nghiêm trọng. Cụ thể, tại Km13.7 của Đường cao tốc Maju tại Serdang (Malaysia), tài xế có tên Nageswarau, 24 tuổi, đang chở Momota và các đồng nghiệp ra sân bay Quốc tế Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) thì gặp tai nạn do va chạm với một…

  • South Thailand NewsPolice and sniffer dogs search for 18 Rohingya who escaped from southern detention centre

    Police and sniffer dogs search for 18 Rohingya who escaped from southern detention centre

    Police and soldiers are searching forest areas around the border areas of Sadao district, south of Hat Yai in Songkhla, as they look for 18 illegal Royingha migrants. Originally 19 fled from the camp, about five kilometres from the border but one broke his leg during the escape and was soon found while hiding in a nearby village. 18 are…

  • World NewsHong Kong property investors turn to SE Asia

    Hong Kong property investors turn to SE Asia

    “But now mainland Chinese, who traditionally viewed property in Hong Kong as a safe investment, are opting for rival financial hub Singapore and other south east Asian property hot spots.” by Sam Reeves, with Catherine Lai in Singapore From luxury Singapore apartments to Malaysian seafront condos, Hong Kong investors are shifting cash into Southeast Asian property, demoralised by increasingly violent protests…

  • World NewsSouthern Thailand smog well above safe levels

    Southern Thailand smog well above safe levels

    PHOTOS: Charoon Thongnual – The Nation Hat Yai, the main city in Songkhla, has been among the worst hit by the smog engulfing parts of southern Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo. The business district of Hat Yai has been hard hit with PM2.5 particles exceeding the safety standards of 50 (set by the World…

  • World NewsIndonesia’s President Jokowi says he is “embarrassed” by fires

    Indonesia’s President Jokowi says he is “embarrassed” by fires

    PHOTO: Singapore, days before the 2019 Grand Prix – DL Dozens of people have now been arrested over their alleged involvement in Indonesia’s massive forest fires. Thousands of hectares of rain forest and plantations have been burned, with the smoke and haze drifting in neighbouring Malaysia, Singapore and southern Thailand. Dedi Prasetyo, Indonesia’s National Police spokesman has confirmed 185 people…

  • World NewsTop six tips when visiting Royal Thai Consulate General in Penang

    Top six tips when visiting Royal Thai Consulate General in Penang

    PHOTO: New Royal Thai Consular General in Penang An FOT (Friend of Thaiger) has returned from applying for a visa with the Royal Thai Consulate General in Penang, a popular port to the south of Thailand for ‘southern’ expats and tourists seeking visa upgrades, renewals or even for their first run. Thanks to Daren Jenner for the following tips if…

  • Crime NewsThai police suspect southern insurgents in co-ordinated ATM explosions in Pattani

    Thai police suspect southern insurgents in co-ordinated ATM explosions in Pattani

    PHOTO: Charoon Thongnual Suspected insurgents have blown up three ATMs in two districts in the Southern Thai province of Pattani, near the Malaysian border. The assailants escaped with banknotes from one of the ATMs. At this stage local police and security officials suspect insurgents were responsible for the bombings, but are still considering if the incidents could have been related…

  • World NewsHuman traffickers leave 6 Rohingya starving in abandoned building in Hat Yai

    Human traffickers leave 6 Rohingya starving in abandoned building in Hat Yai

    PHOTOS: Workpoint News Six Rohingya were left to die in an abandoned building located in Hat Yai, Songkhla. Members of the group eventaully left the building in search of food and officials are now searching for more hiding in the area. They had been waiting there for 5 days. Thai Police were notified by nearby villagers yesterday trying to assist…

  • World NewsBangkok hosts ASEAN Foreign Ministers meetings from today

    Bangkok hosts ASEAN Foreign Ministers meetings from today

    The 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting starts today. Representatives from more than 30 countries will attend the meetings. The regional talkfest is being held at Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre. Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai will chair the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and co-chair the Post Ministerial Conferences with the Dialogue Partners and other meetings. Other meetings include the…

  • World News20 smuggled Burmese, including children, found in locked Songkhla warehouse

    20 smuggled Burmese, including children, found in locked Songkhla warehouse

    by Santiparp Ramasutra Songkhla Police, in Thailand’s deep south, have rescued 20 scared and hungry Burmese, victims of traffickers who’d locked them inside a warehouse on the Thai-Malaysian border. Residents say they heard the sound of children crying for several days in the usually deserted warehouse in the Sadao district. Pol General Suchart Thirasawat, an inspector-general in charge of an anti-trafficking…

  • South Thailand News21 undocumented Burmese migrants found in Songkhla, alleged Thai trafficker arrested

    21 undocumented Burmese migrants found in Songkhla, alleged Thai trafficker arrested

    FILE PHOTO: Malay Mail A Thai man has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle 21 undocumented Burmese migrants from Thailand’s south across the border into Malaysia. A resort in Tambon Patong of Songkhla’s Hat Yai district was searched by soldiers and police earlier today (Monday) and discovered five Burmese men and two women in two of the rooms. Their account…

  • South Thailand News14 smuggled Burmese migrants rescued and alleged trafficker arrested

    14 smuggled Burmese migrants rescued and alleged trafficker arrested

    PHOTO: Bang Klam, Songkhla Immigration police in Songkhla have arrested an alleged Burmese human trafficker and rescued 14 smuggled Burmese from a rented house in Bang Klam district. Police arrested the alleged ring leader, 29 year old Aung Chanai, not far from the rented house on the Asia highway in Moo 4 village in Tambon Tha Chang where he allegedly…

  • South Thailand News15 car convoy arrested in Songkhla for petrol smuggling

    15 car convoy arrested in Songkhla for petrol smuggling

    Soldiers and customs officials have stopped and searched 15 vehicles heading north from Malaysia into Thailand smuggling petrol and diesel. Officials seized 5,100 litres of petrol and diesel allegedly being smuggled into Songkhla’s Sadao district this morning at the Tha Khoi-Padang Bezar border crossing from Malaysia. The drivers of the five cars and 10 pickup trucks were arrested on charges…

  • South Thailand News12 women rescued from human trafficking ring at Malaysia border

    12 women rescued from human trafficking ring at Malaysia border

    Officials have raided a karaoke bar in Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district, on the Malaysian border, rescuing 12 Lao women from prostitution. The raid against the Relax Pub in the border town was carried out at 8.30pm last night by officials from the Provincial Administration Department and DSI (Department of Special Investigation), as well as staff of an international non-governmental organisation.…

  • South Thailand NewsMuslim man shot and wounded on the Thai/Malaysia border

    Muslim man shot and wounded on the Thai/Malaysia border

    Police in Narathiwat are as yet to ascertain whether political or personal motives were behind a shooting in Sungai Kolok district this morning that left a Muslim man severely wounded. Sungai Kolok is on the Thai/Malaysian border. 29 year old Rusalan Do, a resident of Moo 1 in the Rangae district, was shot four times – in the torso, right thigh…

  • South Thailand News50+ motorbike taxi drivers blockade southern border

    50+ motorbike taxi drivers blockade southern border

    50 Thai motorcycle taxi drivers have set up a blockade at the Thai-Malaysian border checkpoint to protest what they allege are unworkable, stricter immigration checks now imposed by Malaysian immigration officials. The taxi drivers say they have been bringing Thai tourists across the border in Songkhla’s Sadao district to the duty-free shops in Malaysia’s Padang Besar for years. Yesterday morning’s…

  • World NewsDeputy PM says Malaysia can learn from Thailand on caring for neglected children

    Deputy PM says Malaysia can learn from Thailand on caring for neglected children

    PHOTO: Thai PBS Malaysia’s Deputy PM Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has been visiting Thailand and says that her government can learn something from the methods implemented in Thailand to tackle the issue of neglected children and babies and those without citizenships. Bernama news agency quotes Wan Azizah, who is also Women, Family and Community Development Minister, as saying…

  • South Thailand NewsHM the King expresses concern for people affected by unrest in the Deep South

    HM the King expresses concern for people affected by unrest in the Deep South

    (Quoted directly from the Government’s Public Relations Department) His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has been deeply concerned about the people and officials affected by unrest in the southern border provinces. His Majesty on January 21, 2019 assigned Privy Councilor General Paiboon Koomchaya to present baskets of various items given by His Majesty to relatives of the monks killed in…

  • World NewsMalaysia mulls curfew for Under 18 year olds

    Malaysia mulls curfew for Under 18 year olds

    PHOTO: Malaysian Deputy PM Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail – Proplegacy The Malaysian Government, in another backwards step as it caves in to conservative religious factions, is considering a new curfew on Under 18 year olds. Authorities are mulling the possibility of setting a curfew for young Malaysians to be out of the house without adult supervision. They claim it…

  • World NewsMalaysian rulers to choose new monarch by the end of the month

    Malaysian rulers to choose new monarch by the end of the month

    PHOTO: The Straits Times Malaysia’s Conference of Rulers will meet in about two weeks’ time to elect the country’s new constitutional monarch, as well as a deputy after the ruling monarch, Sultan Muhammad V, stepped down on Sunday in an unprecedented move. The 16th King, or Supreme Ruler, and a deputy will be sworn in at the end of the…

  • World NewsMalaysians citizens being warned about travelling to Thailand’s south

    Malaysians citizens being warned about travelling to Thailand’s south

    The Malaysian Foreign Ministry is advising Malaysians residing in Thailand or travelling to the Kingdom to “remain vigilant and exercise caution at all times”, in the wake of bomb explosions and shooting incidents in the country’s southern provinces. Officials say bomb explosions and shootings had been reported in different parts of Narathiwat and Songkhla. No Malaysians were affected by the…

  • World NewsRussian model becomes Queen of Malaysia after marrying Muslim king

    Russian model becomes Queen of Malaysia after marrying Muslim king

    Oksana Voevodina, is now the ‘first lady’ of Malaysia following the wedding to Malaysia’s monarch Muhammad V of Kelantan. She married the king in a royal wedding ceremony in Moscow after reportedly converting to Islam earlier this year. The beauty queen rose to fame when she was crowned Miss Moscow back in 2015 at the age of 22. Oksana – who has…

  • World News‘Remove dual-language road signs’ – Malaysian sultan

    ‘Remove dual-language road signs’ – Malaysian sultan

    by The Star – Asia News Network The Sultan of Selangor in Malaysia has decreed that all dual language road signage in Shah Alam (to the west of KL) must be removed and replaced with the national language (Malay) only. Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s private secretary Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani highlighted the matter in a letter dated Nov 19 to the…

  • World NewsBlissful Break packages @ Mövenpick Hotel & Convention Centre KLIA

    Blissful Break packages @ Mövenpick Hotel & Convention Centre KLIA

    Just an hour or so away, with hundreds of flights a day into KL, here’s something a bit different for a weekend ‘out of town’ or a business break, in style. Mövenpick Hotel & Convention Centre KLIA is a new architectural icon which opened this year near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. They’ve now unveiled a new package that allows…

  • World NewsNajib’s wife arrested, to be charged with money laundering – Malaysia

    Najib’s wife arrested, to be charged with money laundering – Malaysia

    Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, the wife of the former Malaysian PM, Najib Tun Razak, has been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). According to her lawyers, she was arrested at 3.20pm while giving a statement at the headquarters of the MACC. It has been learnt that the wife of the former prime minister will be charged with money laundering…

  • World NewsFormer Malay PM Najib to face up to 20 charges over 1MDB scandal

    Former Malay PM Najib to face up to 20 charges over 1MDB scandal

    by The Star – Asia News Network Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak is expected to face “nothing less” than 20 charges under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act. A mountain of legal challenges lies ahead of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as authorities bring fresh charges against the former PM over the multibillion-ringgit 1Malaysia Develop­ment Bhd…