Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been released on bail after police arrested him on sodomy charges, Wednesday. Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta. Anwar Ibrahim with his wife Wan Azizah next to him after press conference in Kuala Lumpur...
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been taken into police custody in connection with sodomy allegations. Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta. Anwar Ibrahim waves to photographers as he leaves Anti-Coruption Agency headquarters in Putrajaya...
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 15 April 2008 Police in Malaysia have stopped a speech by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to thousands of supporters in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, late Monday. Anwar is making a political comeback that is challenging the count...
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 25 March 2008 Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi says his long-ruling coalition underestimated the power of the Internet, in advance of this month's elections. Mr. Badawi's ruling coalition suffered its worst losses in i...
By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 13 February 2008 Malaysia's prime minister has set the stage for early elections by dissolving Parliament. The vote will likely be held before opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is eligible to run for office. Claudia Blume rep...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 24 January 2008 Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is warning of fraud in the country's coming general elections, which are widely expected in March. VOA's Heda Bayron reports from Hong Kong, where the former deputy pr...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 25 November 2007 Malaysian police broke up a protest against discrimination by 10,000 ethnic Indians. As VOA's Heda Bayron reports from our Asia News Center in Hong Kong, this is the latest protest to fray Malaysia's tightly...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 30 May 2007 Malaysia's top court has rejected a Muslim convert's appeal to be recognized as a Christian in a ruling that may come to define the limits of religious freedom in the multi-racial nation. VOA's Nancy-Amelia...
18 October 2006 Thailand's Prime Minister Gen. Surayud Chulanont, right, and his Malaysian counterpart Abdullah Badawi, Oct. 18, 2006 Thailand's prime minister has met with Malaysian leaders and pledged to peacefully end an insurgency in Thailand's...
Nancy-Amelia Collins Malaysia's prime minister is calling for the United Nations to intervene in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Kuala Lumpur Thursday....