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Anwar Ibrahim
The latest news on Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian politician and Prime Minister of Malaysia, including Malaysian political news and updates.
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10 Aug 1947
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Prime Minister of Malaysia
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather near the venue of pop star Ed Sheeran’s concert after rapper Macklemore was cut from the musical line-up over his “free Palestine” remarks, near Lincoln Financial Field, in Philadelphia on September 19. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

From Ed Sheeran to Massive Attack: Gaza rows spark Southeast Asia backlash

With global acts also touring Asia, UK star Ed Sheeran’s concert fallout in the US raises the question of how the saga would play out regionally.

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Malaysia

Malaysia begins sending thousands of Myanmar nationals back to war-torn homeland

Singapore

Paid to read: can cash and gamification fix Southeast Asia’s falling literacy?

Malaysia

Malaysian police consider sedition charges for ex-Negeri Sembilan officials

Ten ousted executive council members face questioning over an alleged plot to depose the state’s ruler.

An official portrait of Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir. Photo: Handout
Malaysia

Negeri Sembilan royal crisis: veteran Malaysian politician charged with sedition

Rais Yatim is accused of making remarks backing Tunku Nadzaruddin and urging others to be loyal to the rival claimant to the state throne.

Malaysia

Najib Razak’s fundraising in Malaysia draws 1 sen donations, mockery

Najib’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, claims that supporters from Singapore, Brunei, Italy and Canada are willing to contribute to the fund.

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Malaysia

‘Helpless’ Rohingya who fled Myanmar chaos now dread return from Malaysia

‘I get a headache just thinking about where to go,’ a migrant says ahead of next week’s repatriation from detention centres.

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Rohingya refugees take part in a rally at a refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar last month. Photo: AFP
Malaysia

Malaysians joke about nettle beds to end Negeri Sembilan royal row

With two men claiming the throne and no legal exit in sight, commenters suggest nettle-bed endurance tests to end the fight.

Malaysia

Malaysia’s Anwar faces political reckoning in Melaka as state calls for poll

The Melaka state election is Malaysia’s third this year. Anwar’s coalition performed badly at previous polls in Johor and Negeri Sembilan.

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South Korean killer’s escape foiled, Duterte trial looms: 7 Asia highlights

From Singaporean minister’s Mandarin diplomacy to Indonesia’s Whoosh debt burden, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

A person dangles from a drone in this still from footage obtained by Korean broadcaster JTBC allegedly showing a practice run for Park Wang-yeol’s escape. Photo: YouTube/JTBC_News
Malaysia

Home at last? Why house arrest for Malaysia’s Najib is no done deal

The former PM has been granted house arrest, but an unpaid US$12 million fine and a second prison term stand in his way.

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Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak speaks to the media outside court in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in 2022. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

Will Anwar’s coalition in Malaysia implode amid Loke exit, Najib house arrest?

Observers say the numbers in cabinet remain in Anwar’s favour for now, but warn that a DAP walkout could embolden rival Umno.

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Malaysia

Anwar was on song in India. Will Malaysia reap the rewards?

The Malaysian PM’s rendition of a Bollywood ballad went viral, but his India trip was about more than just the music.

Malaysia

Malaysia’s Loke resigns as minister following Najib’s house arrest approval

The former prime minister’s conditional pardon is a severe blow to Anwar’s ruling coalition, which is facing its worst internal strife.

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DAP secretary general Anthony Loke arrives at his party's headquarters on Saturday afternoon. Photo: Ushar Daniele
Malaysia

Malaysia’s Najib Razak allowed to serve rest of jail term under house arrest

Given a ‘conditional pardon’, Najib has to settle his US$12.3 million fine before he can be transferred home to complete his sentence.

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Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak attends the verdict of his house arrest bid at Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex on December 22, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

Malaysia to invite Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing for Rohingya repatriation talks

Anwar Ibrahim says it is necessary to formally recognise Minh Aung Hlaing’s government if Malaysia wants to resolve the Rohingya crisis.

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Singapore

Singapore ministers earn millions. What do other Asian leaders make?

Political pay structures elsewhere in Asia are shaped by factors including bureaucratic hierarchy, austerity and symbolic restraint.

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Malaysia

Will Malaysia’s Umno pull the plug on coalition partner PH?

Umno has been buoyed by recent state victories and growing talk of a new alignment to consolidate the Malay vote.

Malaysian voters show their fingers dipped in ink after voting during the 2022 general election. Photo: dpa
Asean

Up in smoke: why Southeast Asia failed to halt the haze

Asean was going to eliminate transboundary haze by 2020. What happened?

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Malaysia

Umno seeks early Malaysian election to cement conservative Malay bloc

Umno is deepening ties with PAS, buoyed by recent state victories and growing talk of a new alignment to consolidate the Malay vote.

Malaysia

Malaysia pauses Najib’s pardon decision amid public backlash

The king pardoned 65 other convicts but decreed that discussion on Najib’s application be postponed to the next Pardons Board meeting.

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Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak (centre) arrives at the Kuala Lumpur High Court complex last year. Photo: AP
Malaysia

Palace plot in Malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan entangles Umno leaders

Umno president has questioned a fellow party member’s statement that he was forced to sign a document to remove the state’s ruler.

The United Malays National Organisation (Umno) headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: EPA-EFE
Malaysia

Malaysia’s PH restates anti-corruption pledge as Najib’s potential pardon looms

The Pardons Board is set to meet this week to discuss clemency for Najib, who is in jail for corruption, according to media reports.

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Malaysia

Will Malaysia’s potential Huawei AI deal risk clash with US trade pact?

The reported move, tied to a US$494 million sovereign AI project, underscores Kuala Lumpur’s superpower balancing act.

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Malaysia

PAS chief to face Malaysian police over explosive US remarks

The US has rejected Abdul Hadi Awang’s claim that it offered help to change Malaysia’s political leadership during Obama’s visit in 2014.

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang (centre) attends the party’s recent annual congress. Photo: Handout
Malaysia

Malaysia lifts haze emergency in Sarawak, but warns pollution risks remain

King Sultan Ibrahim revokes the emergency status after rain lowers air pollution levels in Serian district.

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Kuching riverside in the city center is shrouded in thick haze in Kuching, Sarawak state on Friday. Photo: AP
Malaysia

Malaysia’s PAS eyes new pecking order as it rekindles ties with Umno

Analysts say their renewed courtship gives Umno greater leverage over Anwar while allowing both sides to test cooperation limits.

Malaysia

Malaysia declares emergency in Sarawak town as haze pollution level hits 521

Indonesian police have arrested 112 people suspected of starting the recent forest and peatland fires in 10 provinces on Sumatra and Borneo.

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