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Malaysian leader silences critics, media to survive scandal

August 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Ng Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s prime minister has a problem: He can’t explain away a $700 million bank account to a skeptical public. His response? A crackdown on critics and the press that has kept him in power but doesn’t address a deep reservoir of dissatisfaction with his leadership. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2015, Bridget Welsh, CIMB, Ibrahim Suffian, James Chin, Malay Muslim, Malaysia, Middle East, National Front, National Taiwan University, Nazir Razak, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister Najib Razak, UMNO, United Malays National Organization, Vol 34 No 35 | August 22 - August 28, Zeti Akhtar Aziz, social media

Singapore turns 50, celebrates success amid challenges

August 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Annabelle Liang Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore threw a big party Aug. 9 for its 50th anniversary of independence and unrivaled economic success in a region struggling with poverty and political instability, even as the city-state began feeling the pinch of a midlife crisis. As fighter jets screamed through the sky and nationalist […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, 2015, Action Party, Associated Press, Bridget Welsh, Chinese, Gilbert Goh, Lee Kuan Yew, National Taiwan University, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Reporters Without Borders, Robbing Singaporeans, Vol 34 No 34 | August 15 - August 21, William Nathan, World Press Freedom Index, language, poverty

Malaysia top court upholds Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy conviction

February 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Ng Associated Press PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim began a 5-year prison sentence on Tuesday after a court rejected his final appeal against a sodomy conviction, a decision he called a “murder of judicial independence” and human rights groups condemned as unjust. The case was widely seen at home […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2015, Amnesty International, Anwar Ibrahim, Appeals Court, Associated Press, Bridget Welsh, Federal Court, High Court, Justice Arifin Zakaria, Muslim-majority Malaysia, National Justice Party, National Taiwan University, PUTRAJAYA, Saiful Bukhari Azlan, Tey Khang Fai, Vol 34 No 8 | February 14 - February 20, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, White House

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