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WEBIndonesian president’s son denies misconduct in US flight ‘hitched’ on friend’s jet 2024-09-17. Kaesang Pangarep reported to anti-corruption agency amid allegations that he used a plane belonging to company with ties to his vice president-elect brother
Malaysian ex-youth minister sentenced to 7 years, caning for …
WEBNov 9, 2023 · A Malaysian court sentenced a lawmaker who was the country’s youngest ever minister and a rising star in national politics to seven years in prison on Thursday for embezzling more than U.S. $200,000 from a political party’s funds. Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, who was convicted on all four charges he faced, was also fined 10 million ...
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WEBBenarNews is an online news service affiliated with Radio Free Asia that reports in five languages: Bengali, Thai, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia and English. BenarNews reporters and stringers are dedicated to bringing the truth to their readers and are bound by a strict code of journalistic ethics. BenarNews is funded by an annual grant from the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM ...
1MDB sues ex-Malaysian PM’s wife for ‘funneling’ $346M to buy …
WEBMay 10, 2024 · Malaysia’s defrauded 1MDB and some subsidiaries have sued Rosmah Mansor, lover of fine things and wife of incarcerated ex-PM Najib Razak, for U.S. $346 million that she allegedly swindled from the sovereign fund. The fund and its affiliates allege that Rosmah spent the pilfered money on luxury …
Bangladesh Rejects Report on Army Chief, 3 Brothers, as ‘Smear …
WEBFeb 2, 2021 · Bangladesh authorities have rejected claims in an investigative report that its army chief is protecting his brothers who fled abroad after being convicted of murder, and that the country has purchased an Israeli-made cellphone monitoring system despite a trade ban with the Jewish state. The Feb. 1 report by Qatari-based television network Al ...
Malaysia’s UMNO to contest Election-2027 under own symbol; …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · The United Malays National Organization itself appeared to know this as party President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi left a door open when he announced to reporters that he and his party members had decided they would contest in the 2027 election under the symbol of Barisan Nasional, a coalition anchored …
Malaysian ex-military chief appointed new facilitator for Deep …
WEBJan 10, 2023 · Malaysia’s government announced Tuesday it was appointing a former military chief as the new facilitator of peace talks for the Thai Deep South, a move that the southern rebels’ representative and analysts welcomed saying they hoped it would step up the pace of negotiations. As BenarNews first reported last week before the appointment was ...
Malaysian Police: Foiled IS Sympathizer’s Plot to Kill PM Mahathir …
WEBMar 25, 2021 · Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad gestures after a meeting with Pakatan Harapan coalition leaders at the headquarters of the People’s Justice Party in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, June 9, 2020. A senior Malaysian police official revealed on Thursday that his agency had foiled an Islamic State sympathizer’s plot …
Indonesia’s Program to De-radicalize MIT Militants Off-Target, …
WEBDec 4, 2020 · A government program to de-radicalize former members of the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen is missing the mark in helping wipe out the Islamic State-linked group, which remains a potent threat in mountainous Poso regency despite being depleted, observers and ex-fighters said. The program to reform former members of the group also known as MIT and ...
Bangladesh Tribunal Charges Another Journalist Under Digital …
WEBNov 8, 2021 · A cyber tribunal in Bangladesh on Monday charged yet another journalist under the controversial Digital Security Act, officials said, referring to the law that the United Nations and others said muzzles freedom of speech online. The Dhaka tribunal charged photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol with violating the act by circulating defamatory ...
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