https://www.scmp.com/rss/522425/feed The Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) is a uniformed national and federal police force, headquartered in Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur. As a governmental law enforcement agency, its primary mission is to maintain law and order, uphold the rule of law, and ensure national security and public peace across Malaysia. Its main areas of activity include crime prevention, intelligence gathering, and counter-terrorism. Established in 1807, the RMP is recognised for its significant contributions, such as defeating... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof A parking dispute in Kuala Lumpur has expanded into a wider debate over entitlement, public humiliation and online bullying in Malaysia, after a woman who damaged a car blocking her own issued a public apology that many said looked coerced. The row began on Tuesday in Wangsa Maju, a densely populated suburb of the Malaysian capital, where videos shared on Threads showed a woman unable to reverse out of her parking spot after a red Perodua Ativa was left double-parked behind her car for about an... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3348751/malaysian-womans-apology-damaging-double-parked-car-triggers-outcry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3348751/malaysian-womans-apology-damaging-double-parked-car-triggers-outcry?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:16:48 +0000 Joseph Sipalan Joseph Sipalan Malaysian police are on a hunt for thieves who stole 30 urns from a funeral home in the southern state of Negeri Sembilan, in a bizarre case with possible links to a cross-border criminal group holding the ashes of deceased for ransom. The Xiao En memorial park reported the incident in late February, when it discovered that at least 15 urns had gone missing from a columbarium. Police later revised the figure to 30. The cemetery groundsmen received a WhatsApp call from a foreign-registered number... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3347126/funeral-urns-stolen-ransom-malaysia-trigger-police-hunt-cross-border-gang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3347126/funeral-urns-stolen-ransom-malaysia-trigger-police-hunt-cross-border-gang?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Mar 2026 06:10:04 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof Several Malaysian civil society groups on Monday accused Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government of using a harsh criminal law provision to intimidate critics after police questioned activists, academics and political researchers over an alleged plot to topple the government. The backlash follows an announcement in late February that police were investigating allegations of a conspiracy to “topple the government and sabotage national stability” involving “a local influential figure” and an... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3346706/malaysias-government-accused-using-law-silence-critics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3346706/malaysias-government-accused-using-law-silence-critics?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:52:23 +0000 SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk A Bangladeshi man who spent over three years on bail in Malaysia fighting local child pornography charges has been spirited to Alaska by the FBI to face what prosecutors describe as one of the most prolific child exploitation cases in US history. Zobaidul Amin, 28, was brought from Malaysia to the United States last Wednesday and made his initial appearance in a federal court in Anchorage the following day, where he pleaded not guilty to all 13 counts, according to the US Department of Justice... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3346092/malaysia-had-him-bail-child-abuse-us-had-other-plans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3346092/malaysia-had-him-bail-child-abuse-us-had-other-plans?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:29:01 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof A man has been arrested in Johor after an 11-second viral clip showed him clinging to the front of his ex-wife’s moving car before tumbling onto the road in full view of onlookers. Police said the suspect had clung to the car for around 2km (1.2 miles) and that he had tested positive for ketamine. The incident unfolded at about 3.30pm on Saturday outside a supermarket in Bandar Seri Alam, a township in Johor, the southern Malaysian state bordering Singapore, after an argument between the pair... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3345085/viral-clip-malaysian-man-clinging-ex-wifes-moving-car-leads-arrest-johor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3345085/viral-clip-malaysian-man-clinging-ex-wifes-moving-car-leads-arrest-johor?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:19:33 +0000 The Star The Star Malaysia’s Communications Ministry has ordered an investigation and immediate action following a social media post showing the desecration of the Koran. Minister Fahmi Fadzil said the government strongly condemned the act, describing it as disrespectful, insulting to Islam and a challenge to the sensitivities of Malaysia’s multiracial society. He said enforcement action had been directed under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. “The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3344564/malaysian-police-arrest-student-desecrating-koran-viral-social-media-post?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3344564/malaysian-police-arrest-student-desecrating-koran-viral-social-media-post?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:50:30 +0000 SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk Malaysian police recently engaged in a dramatic confrontation with a Singapore-registered car that was driving against the flow of traffic at the Johor Bahru land checkpoint, with an officer drawing his gun to stop the errant motorist from fleeing. Dashcam footage related to the incident, which occurred on January 10, circulating on social media showed the vehicle travelling the wrong way through the Sultan Iskandar Building immigration complex near Malaysia’s border with the city state. A... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3343044/malaysian-police-draw-gun-stand-singapore-car-driving-wrong-way-checkpoint?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3343044/malaysian-police-draw-gun-stand-singapore-car-driving-wrong-way-checkpoint?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:00:30 +0000 SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk A Singapore court has sentenced a 38-year-old Malaysian man to 12 years in prison and 15 strokes of the cane for posing online as a wealthy Caucasian “sugar daddy” and coercing women into sex while extorting money with threats to release explicit material. The man, Rajwant Singh Gill Narajan Singh, was convicted of two counts of cheating and one count each of extortion and attempted extortion involving two victims, identified in court documents as PW1 and PW2. “By his horrific and perverse... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3339900/malaysian-gets-12-years-jail-singapore-over-caucasian-sugar-daddy-sextortion-scam?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3339900/malaysian-gets-12-years-jail-singapore-over-caucasian-sugar-daddy-sextortion-scam?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:17:24 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof Malaysian police are investigating after a viral road-rage video showing a Ferrari driver aggressively chasing another driver triggered a wave of online fury in the country. Social media users turned their ire on perceived elite entitlement after the Ferrari driver was identified as the co-founder of a local streetwear brand. The label, Stoned & Co, said it had suspended co-founder and managing director Tan Jia Hui after a video circulating over the weekend showed him tailgating and blocking a... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3339704/malaysian-streetwear-boss-suspended-after-car-chase-video-draws-cries-entitlement?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3339704/malaysian-streetwear-boss-suspended-after-car-chase-video-draws-cries-entitlement?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jan 2026 06:27:34 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof A camping retreat marketed as “Glamping With Pride” has become Malaysia’s latest LGBTQ flashpoint after a poster for the event went viral, triggering outcry among Islamic authorities and a police investigation. The dispute escalated on Monday after the Sultan of Selangor, Sharafuddin Idris Shah, ordered “firm action” against any activity linked to the retreat, according to a joint statement by the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS) and the Selangor mufti. The statement said the Sultan had... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3339543/malaysian-lgbtq-retreat-faces-conservative-backlash-we-are-not-criminals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3339543/malaysian-lgbtq-retreat-faces-conservative-backlash-we-are-not-criminals?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Jan 2026 04:41:40 +0000 The Star The Star A group of 31 Malaysians, victims of a job scam syndicate in Myawaddy, Myanmar, have been successfully repatriated following a high-level diplomatic operation, the Malay language daily Sinar Harian reported. They arrived at the Bukit Kayu Hitam immigration complex near the Thai-Malaysian border at 6.50pm on Saturday. Upon arrival, they were immediately handed over to the Royal Malaysia Police for further investigation into the syndicate’s operations. While the victims’ identities were confirmed... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3337196/31-malaysians-rescued-myanmar-job-scam-centre-return-home-thai-border?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3337196/31-malaysians-rescued-myanmar-job-scam-centre-return-home-thai-border?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:52:45 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof A Malaysian police officer’s superhero moment has gone viral after dashcam footage showed him wrenching open a suspect’s car door with his bare hands during a chase. The two-minute clip, widely shared on social media, shows a car being driven against the flow of traffic on a busy road in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah on Malaysian Borneo, before it is intercepted by police. In the video, the suspect’s vehicle screeches to a halt as an officer repeatedly orders the driver to step out. When... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3337065/hulk-smash-malaysian-officer-rips-car-door-its-hinges?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3337065/hulk-smash-malaysian-officer-rips-car-door-its-hinges?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:49:39 +0000 Ushar Daniele Ushar Daniele Malaysia’s home minister has urged senior clerics to lodge formal complaints over claims that a mysterious South Korean Christian “cult movement” has been attempting to spread its teachings among Malaysian Muslims. The controversy surfaced after religious leaders in Perlis – a conservative northern state where Muslims form the overwhelming majority – reported that a South Korean group had been proselytising there under the banner of a peace initiative. Malaysia is a multi-faith nation but Islam... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3336190/malaysian-religious-leaders-urged-provide-evidence-south-korean-cult?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3336190/malaysian-religious-leaders-urged-provide-evidence-south-korean-cult?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Dec 2025 06:40:34 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof Malaysia’s human rights commission on Tuesday urged the country’s police chief to immediately enforce a long-standing court order to locate the missing daughter of Ipoh resident M. Indira Gandhi, in a custody row linked to religious conversion that has stretched on for 16 years. The renewed pressure comes after Indira’s 1.8km (1.1 miles) march to the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman on Saturday, where she sought to hand over her missing daughter’s old teddy bear to Inspector-General of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3334078/anger-mounts-over-missing-malaysian-girl-linked-religious-conversion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3334078/anger-mounts-over-missing-malaysian-girl-linked-religious-conversion?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:44:36 +0000 Ushar Daniele Ushar Daniele Malaysia’s top prosecutor said on Wednesday that inquiries into the murder investigation of Taiwanese influencer Iris Hsieh found no evidence linking Malaysian rapper Namewee to her death, and he would be released on police bail on Thursday. Attorney General Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar confirmed the information with This Week in Asia, saying that there was no lead to show that Namewee was involved in causing Hsieh’s death in Kuala Lumpur. “The investigation is still ongoing, instructions for further... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3332540/malaysian-prosecutor-says-no-proof-linking-rapper-namewee-taiwanese-influencers-death?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3332540/malaysian-prosecutor-says-no-proof-linking-rapper-namewee-taiwanese-influencers-death?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:02:25 +0000 SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk Two female bodyguards have set Malaysian social media abuzz after a video showing them leaping onto a moving SUV during the recent Asean summit went viral – a moment the police have since defended as standard and professionally executed security protocol. The widely shared clip shows the pair – dressed in formal black suits and headscarves – jogging after a sport utility vehicle carrying foreign delegates before each opening a rear door, stepping onto the footboard and taking position with the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3332282/malaysian-police-defend-female-bodyguards-action-movie-move-asean-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3332282/malaysian-police-defend-female-bodyguards-action-movie-move-asean-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2025 04:03:00 +0000 Ushar Daniele Ushar Daniele The publicist of Taiwanese influencer Iris Hsieh, who was found dead in a Kuala Lumpur hotel room shared with Malaysian rapper Namewee, has paid tribute to his friend, hitting back at a cascade of “outrageous” rumours about the former nurse that have filled the information gap left by Kuala Lumpur police. Hsieh, 31, who shot to fame over TikTok and OnlyFans, was found dead in a bathroom of the Banyan Tree Hotel on October 22. She had arrived two days earlier in Malaysia to reportedly work on a... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3331963/taiwanese-influencers-death-malaysia-publicist-mourns-gentle-yet-strong-iris-hsieh?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3331963/taiwanese-influencers-death-malaysia-publicist-mourns-gentle-yet-strong-iris-hsieh?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:03:40 +0000 Ushar Daniele Ushar Daniele Malaysian rapper Namewee was detained by Kuala Lumpur police on Wednesday in connection with the death of Taiwanese influencer Iris Hsieh, in a stunning twist to a tale that has gripped the country. Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, took to his social media on Tuesday night to confirm his voluntary surrender to city authorities after returning from his southern home state of Johor, vowing to fully cooperate with the police investigation. “I will not run away. I voluntarily reported to... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3331624/malaysian-rapper-namewee-surrenders-detained-connection-iris-hsiehs-death?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3331624/malaysian-rapper-namewee-surrenders-detained-connection-iris-hsiehs-death?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:57:58 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof Malaysian police have charged controversial rapper and filmmaker Namewee with drug possession following media reports that he was found in a Kuala Lumpur hotel room where a Taiwanese influencer was later discovered dead. The 42-year-old celebrity, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, was arrested on October 22, at a hotel in the city centre, police said in a statement released on Monday. “During the search of the hotel room, police discovered nine blue pills suspected to be Ecstasy, weighing around... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3331307/malaysias-namewee-faces-drug-charges-following-taiwanese-influencers-death?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3331307/malaysias-namewee-faces-drug-charges-following-taiwanese-influencers-death?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Nov 2025 07:22:17 +0000 Joseph Sipalan Joseph Sipalan The revelation of a second alleged gang rape in a Malaysian school has heaped pressure on the education ministry to get to grips with alleged failures in child protection, especially after mounting speculation that videos of the sexual assaults are being sold over the dark web. Eight teenage boys have been arrested by police in two separate cases over the past fortnight. In both cases, the suspects were caught after videos of the alleged rape were discovered by teachers in their schools. In the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3329224/4-arrested-second-malaysian-school-gang-rape-total-failure-protect-children?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3329224/4-arrested-second-malaysian-school-gang-rape-total-failure-protect-children?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Oct 2025 07:10:25 +0000 CNA CNA Police in Malaysia have arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old female student at a school in Selangor on Tuesday. “The suspect allegedly stabbed the female student outside a classroom, and she died at the scene,” Inspector-General of Police Mohd Khalid Ismail was quoted as saying by The Star. He added that the police have yet to establish a motive behind the incident, which occurred at SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (No 4), in Petaling Jaya. The authorities... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3328970/malaysia-arrests-boy-14-fatal-stabbing-female-schoolmate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3328970/malaysia-arrests-boy-14-fatal-stabbing-female-schoolmate?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:52:39 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof The search for two Chinese tourists who went missing at Mantanani Besar Island, a dive island off Sabah’s coast in Malaysia, has been called off after a futile scouring for the couple for over a week, including the use of drones, boats and ground patrols. Yu Xiaopeng, 25, and his girlfriend, Fan Qin, 28, checked into the Sutera Mantanani Resort on October 4 and were due to leave the next day. But they failed to check out, leaving their belongings untouched in the room. A sweeping search for the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3328760/malaysia-calls-search-missing-couple-china-sabah-dive-island?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3328760/malaysia-calls-search-missing-couple-china-sabah-dive-island?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Oct 2025 05:23:34 +0000 SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk Malaysian police have confirmed there was public nudity during a controversial marriage motivational programme that has raised an uproar in the Muslim-majority country. “There were confirmed instances of undress involving at least four people,” Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said at a press conference on Wednesday, Harian Metro newspaper reported. “Investigations revealed that the nudity involved both facilitators and participants of the programme.” Six people were arrested on... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3318549/6-arrested-malaysia-over-nudity-marriage-course?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3318549/6-arrested-malaysia-over-nudity-marriage-course?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Jul 2025 06:25:31 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Apparently impatient Trump slaps 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea US President Donald Trump, apparently impatient with the slow progress of negotiations, slapped 25 per cent unilateral tariffs on Japan and South Korea and equal or... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3317626/trumps-new-tariffs-hong-kong-bomb-scare-over-british-cannon-barrel-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3317626/trumps-new-tariffs-hong-kong-bomb-scare-over-british-cannon-barrel-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:36:56 +0000 Joseph Sipalan Joseph Sipalan Malaysian police are on the hunt for a foreign man accused of sexually assaulting three boys and a teenager over the past three months in suburbs just outside the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. The crimes were allegedly carried out in two adjacent neighbourhoods in the city of Shah Alam, a predominantly Malay-Muslim enclave about 30km (19 miles) from the capital. Police believe the suspect, whose last known address was a flat in the city, is still in the country. “To date, the number of victims... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3317180/malaysian-police-hunt-pakistani-man-accused-child-sex-abuse?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3317180/malaysian-police-hunt-pakistani-man-accused-child-sex-abuse?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Jul 2025 03:09:04 +0000 Hadi Azmi Hadi Azmi Malaysian police believe a man gunned down in his Ipoh home last week was the victim of an international organised crime syndicate, marking the latest in a string of unresolved gang-related assassinations in public places that left five people dead and shocked the country last month. Gun violence is rare in Malaysia, where unlicensed gun ownership and even brandishing a firearm as intimidation are capital crimes. But a series of shootings over 12 days in June has sparked public fear – as three... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3316911/malaysian-police-link-ipoh-murder-international-gang-amid-surge-public-shootings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3316911/malaysian-police-link-ipoh-murder-international-gang-amid-surge-public-shootings?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Jul 2025 04:29:59 +0000 Hadi Azmi Hadi Azmi Malaysian police have arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of a 20-year-old university student in Cyberjaya, the country’s flagship tech hub. The killing has sparked outrage and renewed scrutiny of campus security. Maniishapriet Kaur Akhara was found dead in her dormitory on Tuesday, with authorities later revealing that the accommodation complex lacked basic security measures such as closed-circuit television cameras. In a statement on Friday, Sepang district police said they... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3316030/cyberjaya-student-murder-malaysia-police-arrest-3-over-university-dorm-killing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3316030/cyberjaya-student-murder-malaysia-police-arrest-3-over-university-dorm-killing?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Jun 2025 03:03:31 +0000