JOHOR BARU - The Singapore Government’s decision to increase the school fees for the foreign residents has caught Malaysians living in that country by surprise.

Malaysia’s Mt. Kinabalu makes Guinness record through protected pathway

Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), Dec. 16 (ANI): Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu now holds the Guinness World Record for having the highest via ferrata or protected mountain pathway in the world, at 3,776 metres above sea level.

Malaysian spiritual leader urges Ulama to practice polygamy

KOTA BARU - In another remark that could spark controversy in Malaysia, a politician Nik Aziz Nik Mat has said that he encouraged the ulama to practise polygamy, as they are model polygamous husbands.

MIC must meet challenges to woo Indian community: Palanivel

PUTRAJAYA - Malaysian Indian Congress Deputy President G. Palanivel has said the party must identify the challenges in front of them and face it in a more productive way to woo the Indian community in the country to its fold.

Malaysian-Indian Fernandes becomes Airline CEO of the Year

PETALING JAYA - Tony Fernandes, the Indian-origin CEO of low cost Malaysian airliner - AirAsia - has been named as the Airline CEO of the Year by Jane’s Transport Finance magazine in London.

Protest to be launched against ‘harassment’ of Malaysian-Indian businessman

BENTONG - The Pahang Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has decided to launch a protest against the Temerloh Municipal Council for its alleged harassment of Malaysian-Indian businessman Subramaniam Gopal.

100,000 shoppers expected at inaugural Penang Indian Shopping Festival

GEORGE TOWN - Some 100,000 shoppers are expected at the inaugural Penang International Indian Shopping Festival 2009.

Hindu woman battling conversion claims in Malaysia

GEORGE TOWN - A Hindu born woman in Malaysia is fighting a court battle to prove that she was not converted to Islam by her father when she was one year old.

AirAsia set to become most connected non-local airline in India

SEPANG - With the launching of three new flights to Kochi, Kolkata and Trivandrum, Malaysia-based low cost carrier AirAsia is set to become the most connected non-local airline in India.

‘MIC gave RM1.5 miliion to Malay Indian NGOs in Johor’

JOHOR BARU - Malay Indian NGOs in Johor have received over 1.5 million ringgits from the state government this year, the Malaysian Indian Congress has said.

Malaysian state Penang looking to explore untapped Indian market

George Town (Malaysia), Nov. 20 (ANI): Lim Guan Eng, the Chief Minister of the Malaysian state of Penang, is planning to visit India in order to explore untapped markets in the country.

Billionaire’s mobile firm Maxis jumps 9.2 percent from IPO price on return to Malaysia bourse

Indian man on a 15-year-old lookout for lost cousin in Malaysia

PETALING JAYA - An Indian man is on a lookout for his lost cousin in Malaysia for the past 15 years.

Fresh doubts over Malaysia’s ‘whip-for-drinking-beer’ model’s caning sentence

KUANTAN - The caning sentence of the Malaysian ‘whip-for-drinking-beer’ model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno has not been carried out as a doubt (syubahah) was raised on the implementation.

AirAsia to give away a million free tickets

PETALING JAYA - There is good news for Malaysian travellers, as the low-cost carrier AirAsia is giving away a million free seats to more than 70 destinations in China, India, Taiwan, Indonesia and Thailand.

Malaysia rejects appeal to release 10,000 seized Bibles which use banned word ‘Allah’

Asia tourism to shrink up to 5 pct this year before modest recovery in 2010, travel group says

Iran says nuclear deal alive, calls for technical review in apparent softening of stand

Iran calls for technical panel to review nuclear deal plan in apparent softening of stand

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Church officials: More than 15,000 Bibles seized in Malaysia after using banned word ‘Allah’

Church officials: 15,000 Bibles seized in Malaysia

Call to award Malay assemblymen who increase “quota” of wives by wedding single mothers!

KOTA BARU - In a bid to address the problem of single mothers, the Women, Family and Health Committee chairman of

Malaysian MPs lodge complaint against Samy Vellu for inciting racial tensions

PETALING JAYA - Two Malaysian parliamentarians have lodged a police complaint against MIC President S. Samy Vellu for allegedly attempting to incite racial tensions in the country.

Malaysian girl drowns, 2 children missing in river after bridge collapses on camping trip

Malaysia girl drowns, 2 children missing in river

Malaysian girl drowns, 2 others missing in river after bridge collapses on camping trip

Malaysian girl drowns, 2 others missing in river

22 Malaysian schoolchildren feared drowned after bridge collapses on camping trip

22 Malaysia children feared drowned in river

Indonesia ‘Polygamy Club’ plans upset women’s groups and Muslim clerics

‘Polygamy club’ draws criticism in Indonesia

In-flight delivery: Malaysian baby born on plane, gets lifetime of free flights along with mom

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian woman who gave premature birth to a boy on board an airplane minutes before it landed will get free flights for life along with her child, an airline official said Friday.

Southeast Asian leaders launch human rights body at annual summit amid strong criticism

CHA-AM, Thailand — Southeast Asian nations inaugurated their first regional human rights commission Friday, a watchdog immediately derided as toothless by activists who walked out of a meeting to protest being snubbed by five of the governments involved.

In-flight delivery: Malaysian baby born on plane, gets lifetime of free flights for self, mom

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — An official says a Malaysian woman has given premature birth to a boy on a domestic flight, minutes before it landed in Kuala Lumpur.

Massive security to stop demonstrations as Asian leaders prepare for summit in Thailand

CHA-AM, Thailand — Thailand has deployed more than 36,000 military and police to guard a summit of Asian leaders, working to prevent any repeat of the disruptions that shut down another meeting earlier this year, an official said Thursday.

Singapore’s decision to hike fees for foreign students distresses Malaysians parents