Malaysia is looking into a report that fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, wanted in connection with the multibillion dollar collapse of 1MDB, a Malaysian wealth fund, is living in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/crime-legal/malaysia-1mdb-jho-low-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #malaysia #1mdb #jholow #china
#Earthquake (#gempa bumi) M4.3 strikes 18 km S of #Kudat (#Malaysia) 8 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1835373
The 1948-60 Malayan Emergency:
"The British attempted to starve the Malayan Nat'l Liberation Army (MNLA) using scorched earth policies through food rationing, killing livestock, and aerial spraying of the herbicide Agent Orange. The British engaged in extrajudicial killings of unarmed civilians, in violation of the Geneva Conventions. The most infamous example is the Batang Kali massacre, which the press has referred to as "Britain's My Lai". The Briggs Plan forcibly relocated a million civilians into concentration camps. Many Orang Asli indigenous communities were also targeted for internment because the British believed that they were supporting the communists. The widespread decapitation of people suspected to have been guerrillas led to the 1952 British Malayan headhunting scandal."
#MalayanEmergency #WarCrimes #Histodon #UKHistory #Malaysia #Colonialism
Wrightbus has unveiled its long-awaited 6x2 zero-emission StreetDeck bus, with the prototype produced in both Northern #Ireland and Malaysia. The launch follows two years of development and aligns with rising global demand, with orders secured in #Europe and the Far East. It’s the latest addition in a record-breaking year that includes new electric and hydrogen vehicles. CEO Jean-Marc Gales called the 6x2 a feat of engineering, with improved battery capacity and no loss in passenger space. The bus will undergo testing this summer before a year-long trial in Hong Kong. Wrightbus, rescued in 2019 by Jo Bamford, now employs over 2,300 staff and produces 1,200 mostly zero-emission buses annually. Backed by a £150m HSBC UK finance deal, the firm is expanding globally, including new sites in the #UK, #Malaysia and #Germany. Gales said Wrightbus is well positioned to lead the global mobility transition and support thousands of supply chain jobs.
https://wrightbus.com/en-gb/Wrightbus-unveil-6x2-zero-emission-bus
#Earthquake (#gempa bumi) M2.7 strikes 20 km E of #Ranau (#Malaysia) 10 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1834976
Not every day that the Economist is right: article on Penang, its role in semiconductors, and its obviously superior food
NEW MASTER OF ARTS IN MIDDLE EASTERN CLASSICS PROGRAM AT MY ALMA MATER COLLEGE
برنامج جديد لماجستير الآداب في كلاسيكيات الشرق الأوسط في كلية أمي الأم
See information on this great new program in link below.
منير
#Hornbills, #otters and even a #tapir: #Singapore is #rewilding
Once-lost species are coming back to the densely built-up city-state
September 14, 2023
"In a metropolis of 5.6m people, says Lim Liang Jim, head of biodiversity at the National Parks Board, the priority has been conserving or recreating natural habitats, as well as connecting natural spaces with corridors to let species move and spread. The #renaturalisation of river banks that were previously concreted over helped the otters. A former #railway to #Malaysia is now a “#GreenCorridor” whose damp verges are full of #insects, #frogs and #waterhens. The planted sides and central verges of highways allow smaller animals to move more safely."
https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/09/14/hornbills-otters-and-even-a-tapir-singapore-is-rewilding
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/J53s3
Oh well, it's back 
. Can smell the smoke in the air
#Malaysia: Politicians warn Nick Adams will ‘face us every week’ if he is made US envoy by #Trump admin
“Members of Malaysia’s ruling coalition gave their strongest warning yet against the nomination of “alpha male” social media provocateur Adams as USA’s new envoy to the SEAn nation, promising to stage weekly protests should he be sent to KL as ambassador.”
Some ice cold #Milo Dinosaur would be awesome - #Malaysia and #Singapore vibes...
If all goes well, #TimorLeste will officially join the #ASEAN as its 11th member.
For grassroots:
- 30 days visa-free entry across all 11 ASEAN members
-- you can reset it twice by crossing to another ASEAN member for at least 24 hours, so that's 90 days total
- more work opportunities for Timorians and the rest of ASEANs
- easy exchange student processing
- cultural exchanges
- ASEAN jokes and memes 
The deal will open up negotiations on what is known as a “123 agreement.” It will allow #US & American companies to invest in & construct #nuclear #energy projects in #Bahrain, an island nation off the coast of #SaudiArabia with a population of ~1.5M people.
Secy of #State #MarcoRubio & Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani signed the memorandum of understanding on Wednesday, after Rubio signed a similar agreement w/ #Malaysia last week.
Can't make it to Japan? Japan is coming to you! Nagasawa is setting up shop at #MIPS2025! The 100-year old stationery store offers the finest selections of fountain pens and accessories, along with their own collaborations and Kobe Inks.
Visit them at the Malaysia International Pen Show this Sept. https://mips.show
#fountainpens #penshow #malaysia
