Malaysia election

These are some of the challenges that Anwar and his government will confront in the months ahead.

SINGAPORE (May 28): Malaysia’s newly-reinstated Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has vowed to scrap the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (KL-SG HSR) project to curb unnecessary government spending, says an article published today by the Financial T

(May 28): How come there are so many of you from The Edge here?” Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad asks as he sits down. There are seven of us, including two videographers and one photographer.

SINGAPORE (May 21): The Malaysian stock market reacted far better than initial prognoses by most market analysts, on the heels of the shocking — though not wholly unexpected, if the mini rally for certain stocks during the week of May 7 is any indicatio

(May 18): Malaysia’s ousted former premier Najib Razak was “totally shattered” the night he lost the general election and called his jailed rival Anwar Ibrahim twice for advice on what he should do, Anwar said on Thursday.

SINGAPORE (May 17): RHB Research has brushed aside fears that the shock victory at the Malaysian elections by an opposition coalition led by Mahathir Mohamad could pose a risk to Singapore banks.

(May 16): Malaysia scrapped a 6% rate on the goods-and-services tax, fulfilling a campaign promise by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad that helped him win last week’s election.

(May 16): Jailed Malaysian reformist Anwar Ibrahim was granted a full pardon on Wednesday and walked out of a hospital in Kuala Lumpur just a week after his alliance scored a shock victory in a general election.

(May 16): Supporters began gathering on Thursday at the hospital from where jailed Malaysian reformist leader Anwar Ibrahim is expected to walk free just a week after his alliance scored a shock victory in a general election.

(May 10): Najib Razak said he’ll accept whomever Malaysia’s king picks as the next prime minister after his ruling coalition suffered a historic defeat in Wednesday’s election.