Tag: Malaysia

Govt touts SMEs as backbone of the national econom’, but almost all of them will have to fend for themselves as funding dries up or fails to arrive

Despite efforts to take lessons online, poverty and teaching staff indifference puts a big dent in children’s education

Authorities use ruse of screening for coronavirus to raid apartment complexes in Kuala Lumpur for undocumented migrants and prep them for deportation

Desperate refugee community comes under attack from citizens having to weather hard times and a govt fumbling a crisis

As food and water ran out, they began to die of starvation, thirst, and beatings

Ordinary citizens face up to three months in prison for defying nationwide lockdown, while ministers are allowed to do as they please

Millions of migrant workers face uncertainty as employers stop pay and the govt tries to shift responsibility elsewhere

An outwardly ludicrous gaffe by an official department supposedly geared towards championing the rights of women bears the hallmarks of an ominous future

As the country braces for the long-term financial impact of the coronavirus, one-off govt handouts will not suffice

National human rights commission accuses police of enforced disappearances, but the culprits are unlikely to face justice