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Former defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein says he can use contacts with Beijing to find the missing financier – but is he just trying to win over Mahathir?
Low Taek Jho is accused of masterminding multibillion-dollar scandal at the state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad

Southeast Asia

Najib’s cousin: I’ll help Malaysia get Jho Low back from China

22 Oct 2018 - 11:27pm 7

Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s prime-minister-in-waiting, is set to visit China next week. Photo: AP

Southeast Asia

Anwar to emphasise bilateral ties and Uygur rights on China

19 Oct 2018 - 8:45pm 7

Former Malaysian deputy prime minister Zahid Hamidi. Photo: EPA

Southeast Asia

Malaysia’s former deputy prime minister charged over corruption

19 Oct 2018 - 11:18pm 8

Pakatan Harapan took power in Malaysia this year, toppling the Barisan Nasional coalition that had ruled for more than six decades. Photo: Bloomberg

Southeast Asia

Malaysia plans to reduce inequality even if growth slows

18 Oct 2018 - 11:52pm 4

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: AFP

Southeast Asia

Malaysia considers reviving ‘crooked bridge’ to Singapore

16 Oct 2018 - 8:47pm 9

Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has made a return to active politics three years after he was imprisoned for sodomy in a charge critics said was politically motivated. Photo: AP

Politics

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim says no timeline on leadership after comeback

15 Oct 2018 - 11:36pm 8

Anwar Ibrahim takes a photo with supporters as he visits a polling station. Photo: Reuters

Southeast Asia

Anwar Ibrahim wins Port Dickson by-election in triumphant return

13 Oct 2018 - 11:37pm 11

Anwar Ibrahim has been intensely canvassing for votes among different ethnic groups. Photo: Reuters

Politics

In Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim prepares for return to politics

12 Oct 2018 - 8:04pm 6

Noeleen Heyzer. Photo: Handout

Southeast Asia

China-SE Asia’s cultural ties are as binding as economic ones

11 Oct 2018 - 10:43pm 1

Cargo is loaded on a ship at Tianjin port in China. Photo: AP

Southeast Asia

US-China tensions make Asian free-trade deal ‘a priority’

11 Oct 2018 - 10:43pm 14

Asia’s youngest cabinet minister, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman of Malaysia. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Geopolitics

Youth exchanges could mean China, Malaysia will ‘always be close’

11 Oct 2018 - 4:12pm 6

Malaysian businessmen say the shelving of joint projects by the administration of Mahathir Mohamad should be welcomed as the move could provide more transparency – and ultimately, more support for Belt and Road projects

Geopolitics

Forget the US$23 billion question. China-Malaysia ties are strong

11 Oct 2018 - 4:07pm 5

Anwar Ibrahim at the ‘Malaysia: A New Dawn’ conference in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. Photo: Bloomberg

Southeast Asia

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim hails private sector ahead of by-election

9 Oct 2018 - 10:57pm

Some of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s key lieutenants are among the speakers at the South China Morning Post’s flagship China Conference. Photo: AP

Southeast Asia

Insights await Malaysia investors at Post’s China Conference

9 Oct 2018 - 11:31pm 8

Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman. Photo: SCMP

Politics

Meet Malaysia’s Syed Saddiq, 25, youngest cabinet minister in Asia

7 Oct 2018 - 2:01pm 15

Earlier this year, when the Malaysian police searched homes and offices linked to Najib, they seized 284 designer handbags – many still in their boxes or filled with millions in cash, designer watches, or jewellery

Southeast Asia

Rosmah Mansor, wife of Najib, charged with money-laundering

4 Oct 2018 - 9:00pm 8

President of the People’s Justice Party and leader of the Pakatan Harapan coalition Anwar Ibrahim (left) shakes hands with independent candidate Saiful Bukhari Azlan after submitting his documents at the nomination centre for a by-election in Port Dickson on September 29, 2018. Photo: AFP

Politics

Is sodomy accuser in Malaysia vote part of ‘character assassination’ plot against Anwar Ibrahim?

29 Sep 2018 - 10:56pm 5

Fugitive businessman Jho Low. Photo: Sam Tsang

Politics

If Jho Low is China’s bargaining chip, what can Malaysia do?

27 Sep 2018 - 4:32pm 19

Najib Razak has pleaded not guilty. Photo: Reuters

Politics

Najib faces life in jail, but has real 1MDB mastermind escaped?

20 Sep 2018 - 10:27pm 19

Former prime minister’s arrest adds to tumult surrounding his party, as it reels from claims Mustapa Mohamed and Anifah Aman may be pawns in Mahathir Mohamad’s power struggle with Anwar Ibrahim

Politics

Najib arrested, his allies have quit. Is Umno dead and buried?

20 Sep 2018 - 7:26am 7

Two Malaysian women who were caned in public after admitting lesbian sex. Photo: EPA

Politics

Singapore and Malaysia: so far to go on gay rights

16 Sep 2018 - 3:16pm 13

Move to contest Port Dickson parliamentary seat paves the way for the Malaysian democracy icon to take over from Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. But critics say he may be moving too far, too fast

Politics

Malaysia by-election: will ‘impatient’ Anwar upset apple cart?

12 Sep 2018 - 5:11pm 7

In Malaysian food courts, there’s something on everybody’s lips – a lingering question about whether, when it comes to comparing cuisines, Singaporeans are just being ‘kiasu’

Lifestyle & Culture

Singapore-Malaysia hawker battle: who will eat their words?

9 Sep 2018 - 9:34am 16

Work on the US$17 billion project will be postponed for two years rather than cancelled, as was suggested by the Malaysian prime minister in the aftermath of his shock election victory

Geopolitics

Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail delayed in Mahathir U-turn

5 Sep 2018 - 11:34pm 34

Sources say Malaysian leader’s flip-flopping on controversial multibillion-dollar deals is a front to save face for Beijing. East Coast Rail Link and gas pipeline will be cancelled, KL to Singapore high-speed rail deferred

Politics

What Mahathir really plans for China-backed projects

29 Aug 2018 - 11:29pm 93

It’s been 100 days since the prime minister tasked five Malaysians with advising him on how to tackle the nation’s biggest problems. Now, amid concerns over accountability, it is time to hear their ideas

Politics

In new Malaysia, what next for unelected ‘Jedi council’?

22 Aug 2018 - 5:55pm 6

It has abolished the goods and services tax and stabilised the price of petrol, but the Pakatan Harapan government has failed to fulfil eight of its pre-election promises. Yet the honeymoon continues... for now

Politics

100 days of Mahathir, 2 in 10 pledges met. Satisfied, Malaysia?

18 Aug 2018 - 3:04am 2

In twist of irony, latest charges facing Malaysia’s disgraced ex-leader come under an act that he himself strengthened in 2014

Politics

Najib charged with money laundering as 1MDB case deepens

8 Aug 2018 - 11:47pm 19

An upcoming vote in Selangor will be watched closely to see if newly elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s ruling party has to move further away from its progressive agenda to hold ground

Politics

Is Malaysia race-based politics over? By-election offers clue

3 Aug 2018 - 7:42pm 6

Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak after being questioned by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. Photo: AFP

Politics

Where will it end? Najib’s 1MDB chickens come home to roost

28 May 2018 - 11:19am 32

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad with Wan Azizah, the wife of Anwar Ibrahim. Photo: Reuters

Politics

Malaysia’s ‘Jedi council’: meet Mahathir’s 5 Eminent Persons

26 May 2018 - 10:19am 12

Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak with his wife Rosmah Mansor. Rosmah has been grilled on social media for her pricey collection of Hermes bags. Photo: Reuters

Politics

Malaysians scoff at ‘bag lady’ Rosmah’s collection of Hermes Birkins

24 May 2018 - 5:59pm 6

A Malaysian woman waves a Pakatan Harapan flag in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Bloomberg

Politics

Frozen in fear, then I cried: election through Malaysian eyes

13 May 2018 - 2:01pm 3

He’s been called a dictator and a moderniser; a racist and father of the nation. Now, with his shock election victory over former protégé Najib Razak, the Malaysian strongman has a new label: giant killer

Politics

Mahathir, the Malaysian dictator who became a giant killer

4 Jun 2018 - 3:56pm 23

The loss of the third-richest state is a stunning blow for Najib Razak’s ruling Barisan Nasional coalition – experts say it is “ground zero” of a collapse in support nationwide

Politics

Malay fortress and ‘precious jewel’ Johor falls to Pakatan Harapan

10 May 2018 - 7:40pm 16

As candidates canvass for votes in Malaysia’s hottest general election yet, hundreds of Malaysians abroad are left in the dark about missing postal ballots – with some only arriving on polling day itself

Politics

Still no overseas ballots? Expat Malaysians upset at delays

9 May 2018 - 6:04pm 6

A study by the UN children’s programme shows youths living in Malaysia’s US$30-a-month public housing units suffer more from stunting than those in Ghana – despite its GDP per capita being six times higher

Politics

Why are children going hungry in rich Malaysia?

4 Mar 2018 - 6:14am 6

Clockwise from top left: Malaysia’s Najib Razak, America’s Donald Trump, Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand’s Prayuth Chan-ocha. File photos

Geopolitics

What’s at stake for Southeast Asia when leaders meet Trump?

10 Sep 2017 - 2:01pm 7

A fatwa forbids Malaysian children conceived out of wedlock from carrying their father’s name. Photo: BSIP

Politics

What’s in a name? For some Malaysians, stigma and alienation

3 Sep 2017 - 6:01pm 2

Multi-cultural: Merdeka Square in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: AP

Society

Religion, race, politics: what’s causing Malaysia’s divide?

30 Aug 2017 - 12:14pm 18

The nation adheres to a school of Islamic jurisprudence that forbids contact with canines, but experts say it’s identity politics, not religion, that makes frolicking with the ‘unclean’ animals such a taboo

Society

How Malaysia’s dogs became political animals

19 Aug 2017 - 9:53am 7

Non-believers should be ‘hunted down vehemently’ according to one government minister; others say officials are seeking a distraction from their own scandals

Politics

Atheists: latest whipping boys in Malaysian politics?

13 Aug 2017 - 10:32am 17

Xiamen University Malaysia, a China-backed university that opened last year, is the model for President Xi Jinping’s vision of exporting education, marrying Beijing’s trade ambitions with Asia’s eager-to-learn millennials

Politics

How China is exporting education and influence to Malaysia

31 Jul 2017 - 2:31pm 7

Letting Zheijang Geely purchase a 49.9 per cent stake in the national car looks good on paper, but it also rubs some the wrong way – especially those with long memories and a healthy dose of national pride

Economics

Why Malaysia’s national car is driving into an election storm

22 Jul 2017 - 1:30pm 6

Anwar Ibrahim, then deputy prime minister (right), with prime minister Mahathir Mohamad in 1997. Photo: AFP

Politics

Anwar and Mahathir kiss and make up, what happens to Najib?

16 Jul 2017 - 9:46am 24

Though close neighbours geographically and culturally, Singapore and Malaysia are worlds apart when it comes to the public airing of political controversies – just ask their prime ministers

Politics

Lee family feud: why Malaysia envies Singapore

9 Jul 2017 - 3:33pm 19

A young passenger is squeezed into an economy carriage at the Jakarta train station as her family returns to their home provinces to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan. Photo: AFP

Society

As Ramadan ends, Malaysia’s great exodus begins

7 Jul 2017 - 12:06am