Malaysia faces new crisis as poll delivers hung Parliament
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaAP Malaysia tumbled into fresh political turmoil Sunday after a tightly contested general election delivered a hung Parliament with no clear winner and a surprising surge of support for an Islamist party. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s reformist alliance secured the biggest gain with 82 out of 220 Parliamentary seats, but fell far short […]
Malaysian opposition march on parliament, demand PM resigns
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaReuters Malaysia’s opposition lawmakers tried to march on the country’s parliament building on Monday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, after the premier deferred a parliamentary sitting amidst political turmoil. Muhyiddin cited the detection of COVID-19 infections for postponing the final parliamentary session scheduled for Monday, but the opposition called […]
Two years since Malaysian pastor Raymond Koh’s abduction, his wife asks PM to intervene
World Watch Monitor Two years since the disappearance of Malaysian pastor Raymond Koh in broad daylight, his family has asked the country’s Prime Minister to order a new investigation into his kidnapping. “It has already been two years and until now there’s no result [of the inquiry]. We are at our wit’s end. We don’t know what […]