Indian businesses against street protests in Malaysia
July 1st, 2011 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 1 (IANS) The Indian business community in Malaysia has said it is strongly against the holding of street demonstrations.The 12 Indian chambers of commerce and 13 trade ... Read more...
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Malay woman raped, kept as sex slave by stepfather for 15 years
April 5th, 2011 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Apr 5 (ANI): A woman in Malaysia has revealed that she was repeatedly raped by her stepfather and kept as his sex slave since she was 11-years-old and had seven ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian party readying for general election
April 1st, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 1 (IANS) With its key ethnic Indian partner Friday postponing organisational polls, Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) alliance is preparing for a general election likely this ... Read more...
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Malaysian parties prepare for snap polls
December 15th, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 15 (IANS) Malaysian political parties, including those that represent ethnic Indians, have begun preparing for likely snap polls.The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), the oldest and the largest party ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress joins ruling party
October 26th, 2010 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has formally admitted the Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress (Kimma) as an associate member of the ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), saying ... Read more...
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Malaysian PM may opt for early parliamentary poll
October 24th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 24 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak may opt for parliamentary polls - nearly two years ahead of schedule, a media report said Sunday.Addressing the 61st general assembly ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian party seeks to join ruling coalition
September 3rd, 2010 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 3 (IANS) The Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP) is pressing for full membership of the Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition, a party official has said.
The MIUP, which is ... Read more...
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Ex-Malaysian PM says nothing wrong with sports betting
June 15th, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Terengganu (Malaysia), June 15 (ANI): Former Malaysian prime minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has said that he finds nothing wrong in the government's decision to allow sports betting as long as Muslims ... Read more...
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Malay Indian body demands fair scholarship allocation
June 11th, 2010 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, June 11 (ANI): An Indian group, the Federation of Malaysian Indian Organisations, has requested the Malaysian Government to review its policy on scholarship allocation, the Daily Star reports.The organisation's President, ... Read more...
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Two Malaysian Indian Congress leaders sacked
May 25th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, May 25 (IANS) Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) chief Samy Vellu has sacked two senior leaders.
Expulsion letters were sent to K.P. Samy and G. Kumar Aamaan, who joined the demand ... Read more...
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Ethnic Indian wins key Malaysian by-poll
April 25th, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kuasla Kubu Baru (Malaysia), April 25 (IANS) An ethnic Indian Sunday won a prestigious parliamentary by-election, giving a boost to the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) that claims to speak for the ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian Congress to contest by-election for Hulu Selangor seat
April 8th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
Shah Alam (Malaysia), Apr 8 (ANI): Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has said that the Malaysian Indian Congress will contest the by-election for the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat.The Prime Minister said ... Read more...
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Malaysian PM opts for Indian party’s nominee in by-poll
April 8th, 2010 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 8 (IANS) A Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) nominee will contest a key parliamentary by-election, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has announced.
The Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election will be ... Read more...
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Indian party wants to contest Malaysian by-election
April 6th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 6 (IANS) A party representing ethnic Indians wants to contest an upcoming parliamentary by-election in Malaysia but the dominant Malay force in the ruling alliance is also eyeing the ... Read more...
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Malaysia resents foreign critics of Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial
February 8th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 8 (IANS) Malaysia has asked foreign governments to "respect" its legal system and processes after Australian parliamentarians criticised the ongoing trial of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on sodomy charges. ... Read more...
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Malaysian PM, other leaders condemn arson attacks on three churches
January 8th, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
Petaling Jaya, Jan (ANI): Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has condemned the attacks on three churches in the Klang Valley."I condemn these actions because they will destroy our country's harmony. The ... Read more...
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‘MIC working hard for Malay-Indians’ uplifting’
October 12th, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Petaling Jaya (Malaysia), Oct. 12 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress has been working hard at the grass root level for the Indian community, party's deputy president G. Palanivel has said."The party members ... Read more...
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MIC chief to apologise to Dr Mahathir over ’slipper garland’ insult
September 18th, 2009 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 18 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress president S. Samy Vellu has said that he will personally apologise to former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad over the 'slipper garland' insult ... Read more...
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Decision to shift Hindu temple in Malaysian city shelved
September 14th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 14 (IANS) Authorities in Malaysia's Selangor state have shelved the decision to relocate a 150-year-old Hindu temple following protests last month. During one of the protests, a severed cow ... Read more...
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Meeting to resolve relocation of temple in Malaysia
September 3rd, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Putrajaya, Sep 3 (ANI): The Shah Alam Section 23 residents' committee will meet the Malaysian Hindu Sangam Council tomorrow to resolve the relocation of a Hindu temple to the 90 percent Muslim-majority ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian Congress not withdrawing from government
April 13th, 2009 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 13 (IANS) The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has said it is not planning to withdraw from the government over last week's allotment of portfolios by
Prime Minister Najib Tun ... Read more...
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Najib Razak sworn in Malaysian PM (Lead)
April 3rd, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 3 (IANS) Najib Tun Razak, son of a former premier, was sworn in Friday morning as Malaysia's sixth prime minister.
He took over from Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who stepped down ... Read more...
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Malaysian prime minister resigns (Lead)
April 2nd, 2009 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 2 (DPA) Malaysian prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi resigned Thursday after obtaining the consent of the country's constitutional monarch, paving the way for his deputy, Najib Razak, to be ... Read more...
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Pick clean cabinet, Mahathir tells incoming Malaysian PM
March 15th, 2009 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, March 15 (IANS) Malaysia's long-time Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has asked Najib Tun Razak, who is expected to take over as prime minister next month, to pick his team "carefully" ... Read more...
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Malaysian vernacular schools to continue to be a part of the education system: Deputy PM
December 3rd, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Putrajaya, Dec 3 (ANI): Malaysia''s Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has said that vernacular schools will continue to be a part of the country''s education system as long as the ... Read more...
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A Malay Blogger charged for being a threat and insulting Islam
November 7th, 2008 - 3:24 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
A blogger who was detained under the country's law and was arrested in September parked condemnation from rights groups is set to free by the Malaysian court.Raja Petra Kamaruddin, 58, the opposition ... Read more...
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Razak set to be next Malaysian premier
November 3rd, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 3 (IANS) Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has won the presidentship of the ruling United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), which sets him on track to becoming the ... Read more...
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Badawi should step down now, says Mahathir
October 9th, 2008 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 9 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi should step down immediately and not wait until March, his predecessor and friend-turned-critic Mahathir Mohamad has said.Mahathir said that Badawi, while ... Read more...
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Malaysian poll campaign speech: lawmaker, two journalists held
September 13th, 2008 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 13 (IANS) A Malaysian lawmaker and two journalists have been detained in connection with allegedly racist remarks made during the campaign for the parliamentary by-election that opposition leader Anwar ... Read more...
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‘Retired’ Mahathir not to fight Anwar Ibrahim in polls
August 10th, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 10 (IANS) Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said he has "retired from politics" and will not fight Anwar Ibrahim, his old political foe and deputy prime minister, in ... Read more...
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Malaysia prepares for ‘mother of all’ by-elections involving Ibrahim
August 4th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 4 (IANS) Considerable political heat is being generated in Malaysia, even before the date is decided for what is being billed as "the mother of all by-elections", to be ... Read more...
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Malaysia’s PM to step down in 2010
July 10th, 2008 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Kuala Lumpur, July 10 (DPA) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced Thursday that he will retire in mid-2010, news reports said. Abdullah has been fighting criticism and calls to step down ... Read more...
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MIC leader calls for more scholarships for non-Malaysians
June 9th, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur , June 9 (ANI): Malaysian Indians have reportedly rejected opposition to the increased quota of Public Service Department scholarships for non-Bumiputeras (read non-Malaysians) by some youth organizations, and called ... Read more...
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Many Malaysian leaders turn bloggers
May 31st, 2008 - 5:46 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 31 (IANS) Blogging is the new buzzword in Malaysia with more and more politicians and others in public life taking to it. The number is growing since the government ... Read more...
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Samy Vellu wants Badawi and Mahathir to bury the hatchet
May 24th, 2008 - 11:29 am ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, May 24 (IANS) Prominent Malaysian Indian leader S. Samy Vellu has come out in support of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is facing a revolt from predecessor Mahathir Mohamad, ... Read more...
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