
The thick blue ink used to stain Malaysian voters’ fingers was supposed to be indelible, so that they could not attempt to vote more than once in Sunday’s elections. However, this seems to have failed. Read more…


Thousands of green-clad protesters took to the streets in the eastern Malaysian city of Kuantan on Tuesday to protest against the construction of an Australian rare earth minerals treatment plant, whose activities they worry will severely pollute their region. Read more...

Malaysian opposition protests are gaining momentum both on the streets and on the Web after a banned demonstration in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday ended with a wave of mass arrests. A Facebook petition has seen more than 170,000 people call for Prime Minister Najib Razak to quit, while protest organisers say they will take to the streets every Saturday until their demands for electoral reform are met. Read more...

