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1 week ago | 
climatechangenews.com | Matteo Civillini |Azril Annuar |David Fogarty |Megan Rowling
This is the starting point for Europe’s lofty dreams of greener air travel – a collection point in Malaysia for greasy plastic bottles filled with discarded frying oil, thousands of miles from its final destination.
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1 month ago | 
thestar.com.my | Vanessa Paige Chelvan |Azril Annuar |Jonathan Pearlman
SINGAPORE: It has been six months since giving birth to her second child in November 2024, but Saw Rong still cannot carry the baby girl. She fractured her back a year ago when extreme air turbulence hit a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight she and her husband were taking from London to Singapore. Saw, who is in her 30s, was two months pregnant then.
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Mar 23, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Azril Annuar
KUALA LUMPUR – To an outsider’s eyes, the Cantik Apartments in Kuala Lumpur could do with a makeover, with its exterior and common areas looking worse for wear and in dire need of upgrading. But for some residents of the 40-year old four-storey block in Cheras, the prospect of redevelopment has given them sleepless nights instead.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Azril Annuar
PUTRAJAYA – Former Malaysian prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been named as a suspect in a graft case involving RM700 million (S$212 million) spent on government publicity during his 14-month tenure. Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Azam Baki announced at a press conference on March 3 that his investigators will call in Datuk Seri Ismail for questioning on March 5.
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Feb 21, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Azril Annuar
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s plan to review a controversial law that allows for suspects to be detained for up to 28 days without trial has been welcomed by civil society groups, but some say the law should be repealed entirely. The Security Offences (Special Measures) Act, commonly referred to as Sosma, was enacted in 2012 to tackle serious threats to national security and public order, but it has also long been criticised as “draconian” with periodic calls for its repeal.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Azril Annuar
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia is set to ease rules covering peaceful rallies in the country, after the government drew flak for investigating protesters at a recent anti-graft rally in Kuala Lumpur . Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told Parliament on Feb 13 that the government will table an amendment to the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 and remove Section 11, which stipulates that rally organisers must obtain permission from premise owners before any rallies can take place at the owners’ venues.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Azril Annuar
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia is still uncertain if its partnership with Brics – an alliance of emerging economies –will have any adverse impact on its trade relationship with the United States, following President Donald Trump’s warning that any attempt by Brics member countries to replace the US dollar as a reserve currency will be hit with 100 per cent tariffs.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
straitstimes.com | Azril Annuar
KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian government’s move to apply for a gag order to stop discourse on former prime minister Najib Razak’s application for house arrest has sparked backlash from politicians and experts, who question its purpose. Constitutional expert Professor Shad Saleem Faruqi told The Straits Times that a gag order is “too late and futile”, seeing as discussions on the matter are already in the public domain.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
straitstimes.com | Azril Annuar
KOTA BHARU – Shattered roads, displaced victims, homes destroyed beyond repair, cars swept away and communities cut off by rising flood water. These were among the scenes of devastation in Malaysia’s north-eastern state of Kelantan after it was hit by severe floods over the past couple of weeks, with six months’ worth of downpour falling in just five days across the east coast.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
straitstimes.com | Azril Annuar
Malaysian police have remanded the group leader and 18 others, and is investigating GISB as an organised crime syndicate. ST PHOTO: AZRIL ANNUAR Updated Sep 21, 2024, 05:00 AM Published Sep 21, 2024, 05:00 AM RAWANG, Selangor – A bakery, three restaurants, a boutique, a clinic and a grocery mart were among the 20 businesses located around three blocks of shophouses in a quiet township some 30 minutes by car north of Kuala Lumpur.
