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The Malaysian Insider (also known as TMI, The Insider, or Malay Ins Ins) was a Malaysian bilingual news site. During its peak, it ranked consistently as one of the country's 100 most popular websites. In June 2009, Alexa ranked it as Malaysia's 57th most popular website. [1] Compete.com estimated that it had almost 19,000 unique visitors in ...
The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print (though not the first), [3] having been founded as a local offshoot of Singapore-based The Straits Times on 15 July 1845. It was renamed as the New Straits Times on 13 August 1974.
The New Straits Times Press (initially News [sic?] Straits Times Press Sdn. Bhd.) was formed by the directors of the Directors of The Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad, in a desire to meet the reasonable aspirations of Malaysians to have a majority shareholding in the company which produced the largest mass-circulation organ in the territories of East and West Malaysia.
New Straits Times – Malaysia (including Georgetown (the state capital of Penang Island), Johor Bahru and Johor Bahru District)'s nationwide Malaysian English-language oldest daily newspaper for Malaysian Malays (includes Johorean Malay and Penangite Malay), Malaysian Chinese (includes Penangite Chinese) and Tamil Malaysians community was officially first established and first published based ...
“The Young and Ambitious” – Essay for The Road Ahead, a compilation of essays by Malaysian writers, to be published in Australia, 2007; Contributing columnist for The Star, and also The Malaysian Insider; Columnist for NST, “Dina's Dalca” – 1996 to 1998; Columnist for The Sun, “Off Our Backs” - April 1995 to December 1996
On 12 May 2018, Mahathir named former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng as Malaysia's new finance minister. He also named former deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin as the home or interior minister and Mohamad Sabu, the President of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), as the defence minister.
Bersih has been backed by the Bar Council of Malaysia and Suhakam. [22] The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) supports the Bersih's right for a peaceful assembly. [23] Bersih 3.0 was also backed by Pertubuhan IKRAM Malaysia (IKRAM), an Islamic missionary NGO. [24]
Notable scandals in Malaysia Fake Halal meat scandal: 2020 Corruption scandal involving the selling of fake Halal meat in Malaysia over a period of 40 years, discovered in December 2020. A meat cartel was smuggling meat from non-Halal certified sources like Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, China, Colombia, Mexico, Spain and Ukraine.