malaysia

12,000 Displaced As Floods Hit Malaysia

February 27, 2022 2:09 pm

Heavy floods has taken several parts of Malaysia after the country was hit by bouts of bad weather over the weekend, even as continuous rain swamped towns on the peninsula’s east coast.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the tropical Southeast Asian nation is now witnessing heavy crisis after the floods displaced thousands from their homes.

Malaysia often experiences stormy weather at this time of year, with seasonal flooding regularly causing mass evacuations.

Official data showed 11,831 people housed in flood relief centres in the northern states of Kelantan and Terengganu as of 4.30 pm local time (GMT 0830) …

Bangladesh Rescues Hundreds Of Rohingya Stranded At Sea

April 16, 2020 1:28 pm

At least 24 Rohingya died at sea after their boat failed to reach Malaysia, the coastguard in Bangladesh said on Thursday after rescuing 396 Rohingya people from the vessel which had been adrift for weeks after failing to reach Malaysia.

The official said a “final decision” had been made to send those rescued to neighbouring Myanmar. The coastguard initially said 382 had been rescued but later revised the number higher.

rescued refugees in Cox's Bazaar [Abdul Aziz/Al Jazeera]

Video images showed a crowd of mostly women and children, some stick-thin and barely able to stand, being helped to shore. One refugee told a reporter that the group had

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Australian Gran Wins Malaysia Death Sentence Appeal

November 27, 2019 2:50 pm

An Australian grandmother who claimed she was tricked into carrying drugs into Malaysia after falling for an online romance scam Tuesday won her final appeal against the death penalty and will be freed.

Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto was arrested in December 2014 while in transit at Kuala Lumpur airport with 1.1 kilos (2.4 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine stitched into the compartment of a backpack she was carrying.

She was initially cleared of trafficking after a judge ruled in 2017 she did not know she was transporting the drugs, but the acquittal …

119 Nigerians On Death Row In Malaysia Over Drug Crimes

October 11, 2019 2:08 pm

A new report by Amnesty International, a human rights organisation, has revealed that 119 Nigerians are currently on death row in Malaysia. According to the report. Nigeria has the highest number of foreigners who have been sentenced to death in Malaysia.

The death penalty is currently retained as the punishment for 33 offences in the Asian country and is mandatory for 12 of these, according to the report.

As of February 2019, Amnesty reported, a total of 1,281 people were on death row in Malaysia, including 568 (44%) foreign nationals.

Of these foreign nationals, 21% are Nigerians, with others …

Malaysia’s trial of the century is set to begin

February 10, 2019 12:54 pm

This case has a $250 million yacht, a Picasso and a Lindsay Lohan link. Prosecutors Tuesday begin detailing charges of abuse of power and money laundering against an ex-Prime Minister and other top officials accused of embezzling $3.5 billion from a state fund called 1MDB. They deny the allegations.

(CNN)…