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The Malay Mail is an online news portal in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the continuation of a print paper which was first published on 1 December 1896 when Kuala Lumpur was the capital of the then new Federated Malay States, making it the first daily newspaper to appear in the FMS. In December 2018, it ceased printing after 122 years but has ...
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 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.
In 2012, Senator Nick Xenophon, an independent member of the Australian Parliament, was on a fact-finding mission to Malaysia when he was caught up in anti-government protests in Kuala Lumpur. Subsequently, on 2 May 2012, the New Straits Times published an article written by Roy See Wei Zhi and headed "Observer Under Scrutiny".
The Kuala Lumpur High Court in 2016 ruled in favour of Malaysiakini on the grounds of responsible journalism and reportage, but the decision was later overturned on appeal. The Federal Court upheld the appellate court's decision in a 3–2 majority ruling, saying Malaysiakini had not been "fair, disinterested or adopted a neutral approach" in ...
1 February Scotiabank plans to exit Malaysia after 49 years by year-end. [27]An express train catches fire in Pasir Mas. No injuries are reported in this incident. [28]Kuala Lumpur celebrates 50 years since it was granted city status with new plans unveiled for sustainability.
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[11] [12] [13] It has also been historically compared with the 1971 Kuala Lumpur floods. [14] It is the deadliest tropical cyclone-related disaster to hit Malaysia since Tropical Storm Greg of 1996, which killed 238 people and left 102 more missing. [15] Record-high precipitations were measured at weather stations at Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. [16]