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Joseph Sipalan
Joseph Sipalan has done extensive reporting of Malaysia, specialising in politics and more recently macro-economics. An alumnus of Reuters and several major Malaysian news organisations.
Joseph Sipalan has done extensive reporting of Malaysia, specialising in politics and more recently macro-economics. An alumnus of Reuters and several major Malaysian news organisations.
Areas of Expertise:
Malaysian politics, economics and foreign relations, Southeast Asian affairsLanguages Spoken:
English, Bahasa Malaysia
The former prime minister’s exit follows months of infighting within Perikatan Nasional and a bitter power struggle between Bersatu and PAS.
The breakthrough was quickly threatened as Cambodia accused Thailand of bombing border provinces with F-16s just hours later.
Monday’s decision keeps the former prime minister behind bars as he awaits the outcome of the far larger 1MDB case on Friday.
The sensitive issue in the Malay-Muslim majority country has caused a row between Umno and DAP, an insider says.
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The two countries have disagreed over water supply for decades, such as the perceived low prices charged by Malaysia’s Johor.
The prime minister has been accused of launching investigations targeting his political rivals while going soft on scandals closer to home.
Local partner Gagasan Rakyat Sabah secured 29 seats, but the PM’s Democratic Action Party allies lost all eight seats they contested.
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Thai rescuers struggle to reach communities outside urban areas as swathes of Thailand’s south and Malaysia’s north remain under water.
The senior aide allegedly demanded bribes in the form of home renovations, a massage chair and washing machines.
Scores have died and entire communities displaced as a late-season monsoon surge overwhelms fragile flood-management systems.
More than half of Sabah’s registered voters are under the age of 40 – and they’re done waiting for undelivered promises.
Decades of neglect and withheld resource revenue have left short-changed Sabah seething and primed for a political fight.
Murray Hunter was arrested in Thailand over articles he self-published online criticising Malaysia’s internet regulator.
With limited resources and surging demand, Johor tells data centres to hold off water-based cooling expansions for at least 18 months.
Global risk capital has fled Asia, with the region’s entrepreneurs left to fight over a dwindling pool of funds.
Police have formed a new investigation team while they seek to overturn a high court decision that faulted them for both disappearances.
A key issue driving Sabahans’ ire is the division of revenue collected from the resource-rich state by the federal government.
The shipping giant sees Southeast Asia as a net beneficiary of Trump’s tariff turmoil.
Social media users urge officials to fix flooding issues and ageing infrastructure instead as Kuala Lumpur already has a ‘vibe’ of its own.
Her six-year-old son was found dead in a stream near their home in a case that has prompted a debate on families with special needs children.
The prime minister denies Malaysia will be forced to follow Washington’s lead on sanctions against third countries under the new deal.
Malaysia says its licensing rules are aimed at curbing scams, online gambling and child pornography.
Anwar and Trump’s personal chemistry paid dividends for an Asean summit often criticised as flat and lacking urgency, observers say.
Observers expect the bloc to be sandwiched between two superpowers, especially in the race for critical minerals.
Antonio Guterres has also called on all parties to support Asean’s push for an immediate end to the conflict in Myanmar.
The ‘strategic importance’ of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is ‘clearer than ever’, Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim says.
Host Malaysia signs deal granting US access to rare earths, while American president tells Asean he is with the bloc ‘100 per cent’.
Observers warn the US president’s focus on the spectacle of the ‘Kuala Lumpur Accords’ risks impeding their lasting implementation.
