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Family members of a Batang Kali, landslide victim, leave Sungai Buloh Hospital's mortuary in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia, December 17, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain

Malaysia Police Questions Campsite Operator After Landslide Kills 24

Malaysian police have called in staff members from an unlicensed campsite to assist in an investigation into a landslide that flattened the camp grounds and killed at least 24 people, as the search…

18 December 2022

Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim attends a news conference outside the National Palace, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain

Malaysia's Anwar Becomes Prime Minister, Ending Decades-Long Wait

Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as prime minister on Thursday, capping a three-decade political journey from a protege of veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad to protest leader, a prisoner convicted…

24 November 2022

Election workers make a final preparation at a polling station during Malaysia's 15th general election, in Bera, Pahang, Malaysia November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin

Malaysia Votes in General Election, Anwar Seen Leading Tight Race

Malaysians were voting on Saturday in a general election that may fail to end the recent phase of political instability in the Southeast Asian nation as polls have predicted no clear winner. The…

19 November 2022

A ballot box sits on a table at a polling station during the general election in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 9, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

Malaysia To Go To Polls on Nov. 19

Malaysia will hold a general election on Nov. 19, its election commission said on Thursday, in a contest that the ruling graft-tainted party hopes would strengthen its hold on power. Prime…

20 October 2022

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