TheStarsHub — Here is a look at Mahathir Mohamad, former prime minister of Malaysia. Birth date: July 10, 1925 (officially recorded as December 20, 1925) Birth place: Alor Setar, Kedah Father: Mohamad Iskandar, an Indian Muslim and a teacher in Northern Malaysia Marriage: Siti Hasmah Ali (1956) Children: Marina, Mirzan, Melinda, Mokhzani, Mukhriz, Maizura and … Read more
Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad has attacked a graft probe into his associates as politically motivated, a week after his eldest son was ordered to hand over information to investigators. Mahathir, a two-time prime minister who’s been a fixture in Malaysian politics for decades, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government is using corruption charges to … Read more
Malaysia’s last general election, in November 2022, concluded with a somewhat paradoxical outcome: in addition to electing long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and his Pakatan Harapan coalition, it also delivered the Islamist party PAS more federal seats than any other single party in parliament. Since then, some local and international observers in academic, think tank, … Read more
Let’s assess what we have at hand. As far as I’m aware, Anwar Ibrahim hasn’t deplored Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other Gazan groups for the rape and murder of Israeli civilians, nor for taking them hostage. His government did, though, blame the ongoing crisis in Gaza on the “politics of dispossession at the hands of … Read more
Advertisement “We should carve Myanmar out for now.” Anwar Ibrahim made the eye-brow-raising comment at an ASEAN-themed event in Bangkok earlier this year. Malaysia’s prime minister said that Myanmar’s domestic turmoil was no longer an “internal matter” and that the conflict had spilled into neighboring countries. He reminded the audience that Malaysia alone had 200,000 refugees, … Read more
Exiled Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy meets Cambodian Muslims in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a photo posted on his Facebook page on May 31, 2023. Credit: Facebook/ Sam Rainsy Advertisement Malaysia’s government yesterday expelled a group of exiled Cambodian opposition politicians, amid an intensifying crackdown in Cambodia ahead of next month’s national election. According to … Read more