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1 week ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Kok Leong Chan |Anisah Shukry
Malaysia is seeking continued support from US technology firms including Intel Corp. and Oracle Corp. as President Donald Trump pledged to apply tariffs to computer chips and consumer electronics. Intel said it would commit to its investments in Malaysia, according to Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Zafrul Aziz. This was relayed to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during a call with the senior leadership of Intel in the US and Malaysia, he said at a briefing on Monday.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Kok Leong Chan |Anisah Shukry
Malaysia is seeking continued support from US technology firms including Intel Corp. and Oracle Corp. as President Donald Trump pledged to apply tariffs to computer chips and consumer electronics. Intel said it would commit to its investments in Malaysia, according to Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Zafrul Aziz. This was relayed to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during a call with the senior leadership of Intel in the US and Malaysia, he said at a briefing on Monday.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Netty Ismail |Anisah Shukry |Kok Leong Chan
Malaysia is the current chair of Asean, whose members are among the hardest hit by the levies. Photographer: Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images(Bloomberg) -- Officials in Southeast Asia are prepared to tackle volatility in exchange rates and capital flows as a result of US tariffs, according to a joint statement.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.nestia.com | Ram Anand |Kok Leong Chan
By Ram Anand and Kok Leong Chan(Bloomberg) – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said his country and Association of Southeast Asian Nations partners will dispatch officials to Washington D.C. for talks following President Donald Trump’s rollout of global tariffs. ……
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Ram Anand |Kok Leong Chan
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said his country and Association of Southeast Asian Nations partners will dispatch officials to Washington D.C. for talks following President Donald Trump’s rollout of global tariffs. “There may be limited room to revisit the underlying intent, but there is still scope for adjusting the policy’s implementation,” Anwar said in his opening speech at the Asean Investment Conference 2025 in Kuala Lumpur.
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1 month ago | 
nz.news.yahoo.com | Kok Leong Chan |Anisah Shukry
(Bloomberg) -- A Malaysian journalist was charged in court for allegedly receiving a bribe in return for backing off an investigation into an alleged migrant worker trafficking syndicate.
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1 month ago | 
claimsjournal.com | Anisah Shukry |Kok Leong Chan
Malaysia’s 1MDB has dropped a years-long lawsuit against Riza Aziz, one of the producers of hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street, and a stepson to jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak. The state investment fund, known formally as 1Malaysia Development Bhd., had alleged misappropriation of $248 million when it filed the suit against Riza and his companies Red Granite Pictures Inc. and Red Granite Capital Ltd. in 2021, state-run Bernama news agency reported Monday.
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1 month ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Anisah Shukry |Kok Leong Chan
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1 month ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Anisah Shukry |Kok Leong Chan
Malaysia’s 1MDB has dropped a years-long lawsuit against Riza Aziz, one of the producers of hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street, and a stepson to jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak. The state investment fund, known formally as 1Malaysia Development Bhd., had alleged misappropriation of $248 million when it filed the suit against Riza and his companies Red Granite Pictures Inc. and Red Granite Capital Ltd. in 2021, state-run Bernama news agency reported Monday.
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1 month ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Kok Leong Chan |Netty Ismail
Malaysia intends to engage with the US on President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on chip imports, cautioning that such duties could hurt firms based in the Southeast Asian nation. Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Zafrul Aziz said he would depart for the US in the second quarter 2025 for talks on how to move forward in a way that would benefit both countries. “We are concerned if there is any tariff or export restrictions on semiconductors,” Zafrul said in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
