Foreign Ministry Refutes Report Regarding “10,000 Malaysian Illegals” In Thailand

KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian Foreign Ministry today stressed the allegation that 10,000 of its citizens were still in Thailand illegally or overstaying as completely baseless, and believed that the actual number is much smaller. The ministry said since the Movement Control Order (PKP) was implemented in…

Malaysia Abstains From Voting To Suspend Russia From Un Human Rights Council

PUTRAJAYA, April 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia has abstained from a United Nations General Assembly vote to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. It was one of the 58 countries that had abstained in the voting on Thursday which saw 93 member states vote in favour while 24 countries were…

Chong Wei Has No Plans Yet For Coaching Role

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Immersing himself into the world of coaching is not an option for former national badminton champion Lee Chong Wei at this point in time. The three-time Olympic silver medalist admitted that some parties were courting his services as a coach, but he does not want to…

58,780 Children In Malaysia Fully Vaccinated Against Covid-19

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia has fully inoculated a total of 58,780 children aged between five and 11 against COVID-19 under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Thursday.  Based on the COVIDNOW website, a total of 1,354,514 children in the same group or 38.2 per…

Malaysia’s Number of Covid Cases Drops Below 20,000

KUALA LUMPUR,  March 21 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s COVID-19 daily positive cases recorded a downward trend of below 20,000 for the fourth day in a row with 19,105 cases recorded Sunday. compared to 22,341 cases on the previous day.  Based on the data on the COVIDNOW website, the last time the country…

Malaysia Committed To Ensuring Robust Trade, Investment Ties With Vietnam

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian government through the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) is committed to ensuring that its business ecosystem will grow from strength to strength, augmenting even deeper the current robust trade and investment ties between Malaysia and Vietnam. Senior Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali said being the…

Former Malaysian Human Rights Commissioner Appointed As New Rep to AICHR

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 (NNN-Bernama) — Former Malaysian Human Rights Commissioner, Prof Dr Aishah Bidin has been appointed as the new Representative of Malaysia to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) for the term 2022-2024. Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah in a statement here said she would succeed Eric Paulsen who served for…

Malaysia To Participate In Atiga Upgrade Negotiations

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia is committed to taking part in the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) Upgrade Negotiations to achieve early resolution, says Senior Minister cum International Trade and Industry Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali. He emphasised the need to ensure holistic and inclusive engagements so that valid concerns raised by stakeholders are fully…

Malaysia To Join Icao’s Deliberations On MH17

PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), March 16 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia will participate in the deliberations by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in accordance with the Chicago Convention following the legal proceedings initiated by Australia and the Netherlands in ICAO over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Malaysia’s Transport Ministry (MOT) in a…

Malaysia’s Covid-19 Recovery Cases Exceeds New Cases – Health Dg

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16  (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s COVID-19 recovery cases continue to exceed the number of new infections when  31,234 recoveries were reported Tuesday compared to  26,534 new cases, said Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said out of the total 26,534 COVID-19 positive cases recorded Tuesday, 99.34 per…