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Malaysian Prime Minister prays at the Negara mosque in a file photo. Photo: Flickr

AT Finance, Malaysia

Pakatan Harapan must not rest on its laurels

by Maa Zhi Hong May 6, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Malaysia

Mahathir sets tone for renegotiating with China

by Nile Bowie April 17, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Malaysia

Trial of the century opens in Malaysia

by Nile Bowie and Matt Mulberry April 3, 2019February 18, 2020

Malaysiaís Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad gives a special lecture at the Diet Building in Tokyo on June 12, 2018. This is Mahathir Mohamadís first overseas visit after winning the 14th General Election as the 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

AT Finance, Malaysia

Varsities without adversities

by Henry Koh March 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Malaysia’s trial of the century put on hold

by Annabella Roberts February 13, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Malaysia

Malaysia’s trial of the century put on hold

by Nile Bowie February 12, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Malaysia

The Malaysian government’s economic blind spot

by Jon Connars February 9, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Malaysia

Najib plays comeback kid as 1MDB trial looms

by Nile Bowie February 5, 2019February 18, 2020

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No clear line on stalled China-Malaysia railway

by Nile Bowie January 31, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia

Hong Kong suffers as Beijing is accused of 1MDB spying

by Frank Chen January 9, 2019February 18, 2020

Now abdicated king of Malaysia, Sultan Muhammad V, arrives for a ceremonial guard of honor during the parliamentary opening session at Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur on March 6, 2017. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, India, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, World

King’s abdication stirs Malaysia’s royal affairs

by Nile Bowie January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during the official launching ceremony of the 2019 Proton X70 SUV in Kuala Lumpur on December 12, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, Malaysia, Singapore

Honeymoon wanes on Mahathir’s ‘New Malaysia’

by Nile Bowie December 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad delivers a speech during "The Future of Asia" conference in Tokyo on June 11, 2018. Photo: AFP/ Kazuhiro Nogi

AT Finance, Malaysia

What is Mahathir’s game plan?

by Hamza Karčić December 26, 2018

Goldman Sachs' former CEO Lloyd Blankfein speaks at a State Department event in 2015. The Mahathir government hit the US bank with charges this week over the 1MDB scandal. David Solomon has now taken over as CEO. Photo: AFP / Nicholas Kamm

AT Finance, China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia

Malaysia puts Goldman Sachs in the dock

by Nile Bowie December 19, 2018October 22, 2020

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak talks to media at Kuala Lumpur's High Court after a hearing in the 1MDB financial fraud case on October 25, 2018. Photo: AFP via Andalou Agency/Adli Ghazali

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Middle East, South Asia

1MDB dragnet closes in on Najib, Goldman Sachs

by Nile Bowie December 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (R) is accompanied by his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong as he reviews a guard of honor at the Presidential Palace on the sidelines of the 33rd ASEAN summit in Singapore, November 12, 2018. Photo: AFP/Feline Lim/Pool

AT Finance, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia, World

Malaysia opens old and new wounds with Singapore

by Nile Bowie December 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Demonstrators march during the rally to celebrate the government's decision not to ratify the United Nations International Convention on The Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) organized by several pro-Muslim-Malays NGOs at Independence Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 8, 2018. Photo: AFP Forum via EyePress Newswire/FL Wong

AT Finance, Australia, Brunei, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore

Race, religion still rallying cries in ‘New Malaysia’

by Nile Bowie December 10, 2018February 18, 2020

The US investment bank is under fire for its role in 1MDB. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Malaysia, Middle East, South Asia, World

Malaysia will seek $4.5 bn in damages from Goldman Sachs

by Matt Mulberry November 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad shake hands during joint press remarks at Abe's official residence in Tokyo on June 12, 2018. Photo: AFP/Pool/ Toshifumi Kitamura

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Mahathir leans to Japan and away from China

by Nile Bowie November 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysian fugitive financier Jho Low in a file photo. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Macau, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

US charges widen the net, deepen the intrigue on 1MDB scam

by Matt Mulberry November 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad salutes the royal guard of honor during the opening ceremony of the parliament in Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, China, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Mahathir puts Saudi Arabia at a diplomatic arm’s length

by Nile Bowie October 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Anwar Ibrahim shakes hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, before a meeting in Beijing on October 24, 2018. Photo: AFP / Daisuke Suzuki / pool

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Malaysia, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, Turkey, World

Anwar extends a hand of friendship to China

by Nile Bowie October 26, 2018April 18, 2021

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Malaysia's former deputy prime minister and acting president of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), speaks to reporters during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on May 14, 2018. Photo: AFP / Roslan Rahman

AT Finance, Malaysia

Malaysian political leader faces graft charges

by Bertil Lintner October 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's then Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks during the launching of the Malaysia world's Digital-Free Trade Zone in Kuala Lumpur on March 22, 2017. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, Australia, Malaysia, Middle East, Oceania, Singapore

Unsolved murders coming back to haunt Najib

by Nile Bowie October 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Ethnic Uighurs take part in a protest march asking the European Union to call upon China to respect human rights in the Chinese Xinjiang region and the closure of "re-education centers" where some Uighurs are detained, during a march in Brussels, April 27, 2018. Photo:AFP/ Emmanuel Dunand

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, World

Mahathir puts Uighur rights above China ties

by Nile Bowie October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Rosmah Mansor (C), wife of former Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak, arrives at Kuala Lumpur High Court on October 4, 2018. Photo: Anadolu Agency via AFP Forum/Adli Ghazali

AT Finance, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore, World

Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal ensnares Najib’s wife

by Nile Bowie October 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Rule of law. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, World

Rule of law is deteriorating across Southeast Asia

by Jon Connars September 21, 2018

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, attends the opening ceremony of the parliament in Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, China, Malaysia, Middle East, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Najib stares at jail time as 1MDB charges mount

by Nile Bowie September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak, seen here with his wife Rosmah Mansor, has been accused of pilfering a vast sum from the 1MDB development fund before his shock poll defeat in May. Photo: Reuters/ Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Corruption, throughout history and every country

by Asit K Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada September 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on August 20, 2018. Photo: AFP/How Hwee Young

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam

Chinese buyer beware in Mahathir’s Malaysia

by Nile Bowie September 11, 2018February 18, 2020