Malaysia news

2022 - 4 - 14

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Rohingya Militant Group Targeting Malaysia-Based Refugees with ... (The Diplomat)

There is mounting evidence that the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army is targeting the Rohingyas in Malaysia with radicalizing propaganda.

Clearly, ARSA is active in Malaysia within the country’s Rohingya refugee community, and has been able to penetrate it through digital means. Many of the videos uploaded on the channel were songs which are related to Rohingya culture, but mostly depicting the sad and tragic lives of the Rohingya community. How deep, effective and dangerous ARSA’s radicalization and recruitment of these refugees is remains to be seen. Evidence is emerging that ARSA and its supporters have been targeting Rohingyas in Malaysia for recruitment. ARSA has also denied that it is linked to any transnational jihadist terrorist group such as Al-Qaida or IS and remains largely ethno-nationalist in its ideology. In the same vein, Rohingya leaders residing in Malaysia who are seen as an obstacle to the ARSA’s cause have also been criticized. This can be largely attributed to ARSA’s penetration in the Rohingya community even though this is publicly denied both by the group and the Rohingyas in Malaysia. Yet, when one analyses the more than 4,000 videos uploaded since 2019, there are several that propagate ARSA’s goals even if many others do not. On the whole, the channel’s videos have garnered more than 10 million views. Since 2017, one group has emerged as a key security concern for Myanmar, namely, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA). There are more than 100,000 Rohingyas in Malaysia, mostly living as refugees, and generally they are well-treated. A major plank of Malaysian policy has been to extend a humanitarian hand to the Rohingyas fleeing persecution in Myanmar. The Malaysian government, especially under the leadership of Prime Minister Najib Razak from 2009 to 2018, was welcoming to the Rohingyas and was one of the nations most critical of Myanmar’s hardline policy toward the community.

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Malaysia's Hibiscus Explores Singapore SPAC Listing (Bloomberg)

Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd. is considering listing a special purpose acquisition company in Singapore that could raise as much as S$200 million ($147 million), ...

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Malaysia Looks to Ease Migrant Worker Shortage as Borders Reopen (Bloomberg)

Malaysia is looking to ease a pandemic-driven labor crunch that has choked its key plantation and manufacturing industries by hastening the hiring of ...

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Malaysia's Hibiscus explores Singapore SPAC listing: sources (The Business Times)

[KUALA LUMPUR] Hibiscus Petroleum is considering listing a special purpose acquisition company in Singapore that could raise as much as S$200 million, ...

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M'sia has adequate palm oil supply to cater to US, EU demand ... (The Sun Daily)

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has an adequate supply of palm oil to cater to the demand of the United States (US) and the European Union (EU), said Minister ...

“The Ukraine-Russia war has caused a shortage of other edible oils such as soybean oil, corn oil and sunflower oil. KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has an adequate supply of palm oil to cater to the demand of the United States (US) and the European Union (EU), said Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin. She said the border to border transactions for Malaysia to supply palm oil to the US and EU had already started.

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BigPay completes e-wallet offerings ahead of digital banking license ... (Tech Wire Asia)

BigPay, a contender of the digital banking license in Malaysia, finally embraces access to real-time payments.

That said, with BigPay’s entry into the DuitNow ecosystem, its users will be able to use it for instant domestic money transfers, and pay at merchants that support the QR function. For context, DuitNow is a Malaysian initiative supported by PayNet to modernize the country’s retail payments to facilitate and drive innovation in e-Payments. However, due to the constant requests from its vast pool of users, the app is now a part of the DuitNow ecosystem.

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Which eWallet is the most worth it to claim your ePemula with? (Malaysiakini)

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced that the ePemula program will be taking place starting on 11th April 2022. Eligible applicants can redeem their ...

That is not all, when you sign up for BigPay as your ePemula wallet with the promo code “PCEPEMULA”, you might be one of the three lucky winners to get an iPhone 13! In other words, once you have redeemed it on BigPay, you will not be able to redeem it from the other eWallet services. Hence, it is important to determine which one of the eWallet services will give you the best benefits!

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Traveloka: Malaysia is destination of choice for Indonesian travellers (New Straits Times Online)

The travel super app revealed that 79 per cent of international trips to Malaysia booked on its platform since March 22, 2022 – following the announcement of ...

While it is optimistic about opportunities from the pent-up travel demand, she noted that Traveloka will remain mindful of the current COVID-19 situation and has provided features for its users to keep up with latest COVID-19 travel requirements as well as providing rescheduling facilities. The travel super app revealed that 79 per cent of international trips to Malaysia booked on its platform since March 22, 2022 – following the announcement of the reopening of Malaysian borders – have been by users from Indonesia. "We have noted an increasing trend of travellers who booked their accommodations through our travel super app, who will also proceed to book at least one additional product and service from our partners, such as car rental, tourist attraction tickets or spa packages," she said, adding that this is more apparent among travellers who remain in Malaysia for a month or longer.

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UMNO picks Ismail Sabri Yaakob as prime minister candidate for ... (CNA)

KUALA LUMPUR: Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been picked by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) as its prime minister candidate for the upcoming ...

After Mr Muhyiddin’s resignation, all 220 members of parliament were asked to submit a statutory declaration stating their preferred prime minister candidate to the palace. Advertisement Advertisement

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Long queues at Woodlands Checkpoint as people make their way to ... (The Straits Times)

SINGAPORE - Snaking queues of people heading to Malaysia are back at the Woodlands Checkpoint on Thursday (April 14), ahead of the first long weekend after ...

The 42-year-old engineer, who has been based in Singapore for 2½ years, is taking advantage of the Good Friday public holiday to visit Legoland Malaysia in Johor Baru with his wife and two children. She was a regular visitor to JB in pre-pandemic days and is looking forward to visiting some of her old haunts such as the Johor Bahru City Square mall for a weekend of shopping and eating before returning home on Sunday. It will also be a weekend of reunions with some of her Malaysian friends. She was heading to JB with three of her friends and was queueing opposite Marsiling MRT station for a bus to the Woodlands Checkpoint at about 6.30pm.

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