Artikel tagged “malaysia”

  • Malaysian gay sex video scandal – Cabinet Minister named

    Malaysian gay sex video scandal – Cabinet Minister named

    Malaysian politics has been thrown into a tizz today as a gay sex video scandal has become the talk of the country. Muhammad Haziq Abdul Aziz, the senior private secretary to Deputy Primary Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, also named the Malaysian cabinet minister with him in the video and said he was “not fit to be a leader”.

  • 21 undocumented Burmese migrants found in Songkhla, alleged Thai trafficker arrested

    21 undocumented Burmese migrants found in Songkhla, alleged Thai trafficker arrested

    FILE PHOTO: Malay Mail A Thai man has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle 21 undocumented Burmese migrants from Thailand’s south across the border into Malaysia.

  • ‘No homosexuals in Malaysia” – Malaysian Tourism, Arts and Culture minister

    ‘No homosexuals in Malaysia” – Malaysian Tourism, Arts and Culture minister

    Malaysian minister grilled in Germany over policy on gays, Jews ahead of travel fair Malaysia’s Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Mohamaddin Ketapi has caused ripples in Germany after making an ill-informed remark about homosexuality. “Homosexuality?

  • Deputy PM says Malaysia can learn from Thailand on caring for neglected children

    Deputy PM says Malaysia can learn from Thailand on caring for neglected children

    PHOTO: Thai PBS Malaysia’s Deputy PM Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has been visiting Thailand and says that her government can learn something from the methods implemented in Thailand to tackle the issue of neglected children and babies and those without citizenships. Bernama news agency quotes Wan Azizah, who is also Women, Family and Community Development Minister, as saying Malaysia was attracted by  the commitment of the Thai government in ensuring their predicaments were appropriately championed. ‘’I visited the Thai Red Cross Children’s Home and was attracted with the concern of the Thai government in ensuring the children and babies get the appropriate attention so that their basic needs such as education and health are met.’’ Wan Azizah arrived in Bangkok on Friday for her first visit to Thailand after being appointed to the cabinet following the change of government in Malaysia following the general elections in May last year.

  • Malaysia choses new sultan, will be elected king January 24

    Malaysia choses new sultan, will be elected king January 24

    Malaysian officials announced that the country has a new sultan who is now expected to be elected king after the former monarch abdicated following his reported marriage to a Russian former beauty queen.

  • Malaysian MPs say AirAsia, Firefly stewardess uniforms too sexy

    Malaysian MPs say AirAsia, Firefly stewardess uniforms too sexy

    Two Malaysian ruling party lawmakers have chided homegrown low-cost airlines AirAsia and Firefly for dressing their stewardesses in uniforms that are “too revealing”. Senator Abdullah Mat Yasim, a division chief of the ruling Umno party, said in Parliament the fitted attire of AirAsia’s and Firefly’s female flight attendants can “arouse passengers”, the New Straits Times reported. The “eye-catching outfits” also do not reflect the status of Islam as the official religion of Malaysia, Abdullah added according to the newspaper.”The Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) must really look into this,” Abdullah said when debating the MAVCOM (Amendment) Bill 2017 in Parliament on Monday (Dec 18).

  • Phuket Opinion: Preventing passport malpractice

    Phuket Opinion: Preventing passport malpractice

    PHUKET: The revelation that two passengers aboard the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were travelling on passports stolen in Phuket (story