
Shannon Teoh
Malaysia Bureau Chief at The Straits Times
Articles
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3 days ago |
straitstimes.com | Shannon Teoh
Published Jun 25, 2025, 12:31 PM Asian Insider: Malaysia Edition helps you connect the dots on the biggest stories playing out in Malaysia every week. to get the newsletter in your inbox. All that glitters is not always gold. In Malaysia, the (gold-ish) flesh of the Musang King durian, is undoubtedly a lucrative trade.
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6 days ago |
straitstimes.com | Shannon Teoh
Parliamentary opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin (above) is more widely perceived as a backroom operator, leaving former premier Muhyiddin Yassin as the more recognised prime minister candidate for Malaysia's Perikatan Nasional coalition.
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1 week ago |
straitstimes.com | Shannon Teoh
Published Jun 18, 2025, 12:22 PM Asian Insider: Malaysia Edition helps you connect the dots on the biggest stories playing out in Malaysia every week. to get the newsletter in your inbox. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s multi-coalition government, formed after the November 2022 general election, offers political stability after a series of short-lived administrations following GE2018.
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR – Ongoing divisional meetings of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) are set to decide if the founding member of Malaysia’s longest-ruling alliance will move to part ways with Umno at the party’s annual general assembly, expected as soon as October.
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Shannon Teoh
Published Jun 11, 2025, 01:17 PM Asian Insider: Malaysia Edition helps you connect the dots on the biggest stories playing out in Malaysia every week. to get the newsletter in your inbox. Mr Fahmi Reza, a satirical cartoonist with a long history of getting in trouble with the law, was barred from leaving the country recently, ostensibly due to offensive cartoons that he has posted online.
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