Hundreds of indigenous tribal Malaysians staged a rare protest outside the prime minister's office Wednesday to denounce potential changes to a law that they fear will rob them of land.
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has withdrawn a bid to disqualify the judge hearing his sodomy trial, whom he had accused of bias, Anwar's lawyer said Tuesday.
Malaysia's religion minister on Tuesday defended Islamic laws that allow girls under 16 to marry, amid a controversy over two youngsters who were married off to middle-aged men.
The former head of Malaysia's main ethnic Chinese party announced Tuesday he would contest the post again, setting the stage for a bitter power struggle in a key member of the ruling coalition.
Malaysia's king urged authorities Monday to take stern action against religious hatemongers amid government efforts to rebuild trust following a dispute over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims.
Malaysian maritime authorities said Sunday they had picked up 93 members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority who had drifted aboard a boat for 30 days after fleeing their country.
Malaysian religious officials in the northern state of Kelantan are investigating two cases of child marriage involving girls under the age of 12, according to reports Friday.
Malaysian authorities have picked up 93 Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar who said they spent 30 days at sea in a crowded wooden boat, an official said Friday.
A Malaysian court Thursday granted an ethnic Indian woman custody of her child in a bitter dispute with her Muslim-convert husband, in a ruling that could ease religious minorities' worries about their legal rights.
The estranged wife and mother-in-law of a Malaysian prince were ordered Thursday to pay 1.8 million dollars after alleging he had raped and abused his teenage bride, his lawyer said.
A Malaysian prince was awarded 6 million ringgit ($1.8 million) in damages Thursday in a defamation suit against his teenage wife who accused him of sexual and physical abuse after fleeing home to Indonesia.
Malaysia has deported two terror suspects, including one Yemeni, while seven others await deportation following their arrests on suspicion they were linked to a terrorist organization, officials said Monday.
Malaysia's former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has lost his final court battle to declare as unlawful his dramatic sacking in 1998, his lawyer said Monday.
Catholic authorities in Malaysia on Sunday accepted an apology from a Muslim magazine after its writers took part in a Catholic service and allegedly desecrated the communion wafer.
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