Mohammad Najib bin Abdul Razak is a Malaysian politician who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2009 to 2018. In 2020,he was convicted of corruption in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal,one of the largest money-laundering and embezzlement scandals in history. He is the son of former prime minister Abdul Razak Hussein. Najib served as the chairman of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from April 2009 to May 2018 and as the president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) from November 2008 to May 2018. However,the coalition experienced an unprecedented defeat in the 2018 general election,attributed to corruption charges involving Najib and his family,which eroded public trust in the ruling party. The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax,widely regarded as unpopular,also significantly contributed to the decline in support.
Raja Petra bin Raja Kamarudin was a Malaysian blogger known for running the Malaysia Today website and publishing a series of controversial commentaries and articles on Malaysian politics in the website. He was sometimes referred to by the initials RPK. He resided in Manchester,England.
Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri Azalina binti Othman Said is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak from July 2015 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018 and in the Anwar Ibrahim Cabinet since December 2022 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pengerang since March 2004. She served as the Special Advisor to Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Law and Human Rights from September 2021 to her resignation in August 2022,Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat II from July 2020 to her resignation in August 2021,Minister of Tourism from March 2008 to April 2009 and the Minister of Youth and Sports from March 2004 to March 2008 in the BN administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak and Chairperson of the National Film Development Corporation from June 2015 to her ministerial appointment in July 2015. She created history by being the first female deputy speaker. She is a Member of the Supreme Council and Division Chief of Pengerang of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO),a component party of the BN coalition. She also served as the Information Chief of UMNO since March 2023 and as the 1st Women Youth Chief of UMNO from April 2001 to September 2004.
Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa,a Mongolian national,was a murder victim who was either murdered by PETN and RDX explosives or was somehow killed first and her remains destroyed with explosives on 18 October 2006 in a deserted area in Shah Alam,Malaysia. Her murder case is significant in contemporary Malaysian politics due to the alleged involvement of persons close to the former Malaysian Prime Minister,Najib Razak.
Capital punishment in Malaysia is used as a penalty within its legal system for various crimes. There are currently 27 capital crimes in Malaysia,including murder,drug trafficking,treason,acts of terrorism,waging war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong,and,since 2007,rape resulting in death. Executions are carried out by hanging. Capital punishment was mandatory for 11 crimes for many years. In October 2018,the government imposed a moratorium on all executions with a view to repeal the death penalty altogether,before it changed its stance and agreed to keep the death penalty but would make it discretionary.
Anwar bin Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician who has been the 10th and current Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022. A member of the People's Justice Party,he has been the president of the party since 2018. He previously served as the 12th and 16th Leader of the Opposition from 2008 to 2015,and again from 2020 to 2022. He has been the Chairman of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition since 2020,the Member of Parliament for Tambun since November 2022. He also served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister and in many other cabinet positions in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from 1982 to his removal in 1998.
Dato' Seri Diraja Dr. Ahmad Zahid binHamidi is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural and Regional Development since December 2022. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO),he has served as its leader and the Chairman of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition since May 2018. Zahid has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bagan Datuk since April 1995. He is also the first UMNO President,after the Malayan independence,to not be elected as Prime Minister of Malaysia.
The Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trials are a source of considerable political controversy in Malaysia. The first trial was held in 1998,and resulted in former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim being convicted,and given a nine-year prison sentence. This verdict was overturned in 2004,resulting in Anwar's release from prison.
The Research Division of the Prime Minister's Department (Malay:Bahagian Penyelidikan Jabatan Perdana Menteri) is an agency within the Malaysian Prime Minister's Department. According to a leaked US diplomatic cable dating back to 2006,the Research Division is actually the public name for the Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (MEIO),the country's main foreign intelligence agency.
According to a 2013 public survey in Malaysia by Transparency International,a majority of the surveyed households perceived Malaysian political parties to be highly corrupt. A quarter of the surveyed households consider the government's efforts in the fight against corruption to be ineffective. Corruption in Malaysia generally involves political connections still playing an important role in the outcome of public tenders.
Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais was a Deputy Public Prosecutor for the Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
2018 in Malaysia is Malaysia's 61st anniversary of its independence and 55th anniversary of Malaysia's formation.
Tommy Thomas is a Malaysian barrister and the former Attorney General of Malaysia from 2018 to 2020. He was the first practising barrister to be appointed directly from the Malaysian Bar to be the Attorney General,and the first non-Malay and non-Muslim Malaysian to hold this post after the formation of Malaysia in 1963.
Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat is a Malaysian lawyer who has served as the 10th Chief Justice of Malaysia since May 2019. She is the first woman to ascend to the highest judicial office of the country.
Mohamed Shafee bin Mohamed Abdullah is a Malaysian lawyer.
Events in the year 2022 in Malaysia.
The 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal is an ongoing political scandal in Malaysia,in which then-Prime Minister Najib Razak was accused of channeling over RM 2.67 billion into his personal bank accounts from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB),a government-run strategic development company. 1MDB was overseen by Najib as head of its advisory board. Following repeated calls for resignation by the public,Najib lost power in the 2018 Malaysian general election,and is currently on trial along with several key figures involved.
Events in the year 2023 in Malaysia.
Events in the year 2024 in Malaysia.
