The Malaysian Insight provides an unvarnished insight into Malaysia, its politics, economy, personalities and issues of the day, and also issues sidelined by the headlines of the day.

FINANCE Ministry officer Rosni Mohd Yusoff, in a briefing to the Public Accounts Committee in December last year, said that the cabinet had, in a meeting on November 26, 2021, given an approval for ...

IN 1881, the first rubber plant in Sri Lanka was planted by George Thwaites in the Henarathgoda (Gampaha) Botanical Garden. In 1938, the leftist journal “Samasamajaya” (equal society) reported the ...

A banner hanging at the Nirvana Memorial Park during a memorial for Teoh Beng Hock. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 26, 2024. IS justice blind, or are politicians to blame for the rampant ...

Plastic waste is one of the most damaging forms of pollution, killing more than 250 sea creatures each day. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, April 22, 2024. MALAYSIA is one of the worst offenders in ...

THE past couple of weeks have been a great journey for me, digging deeper into the social history of music making in the region. Aside from my own contributions – I recently published an academic book ...

AS of June this year, 1,733 LGBT members have been sent to a rehabilitation camp run by the Islamic Development Department, Parliament hears. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 15, 2021. AS ...

The five major associations representing farmers in Cameron Highlands are against the new Pahang land lease policy, which they say will hit small-timers badly. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 1 ...

WE liked everything we had the first time at Emilio Cibo e Vino, a new Sicilian restaurant at Glo Damansara. It had only been open for a month, and we were back the next week. There was the signature ...

FOLLOWING news that a French arbitration court has ordered Malaysia to pay the descendants of the sultan of Sulu US$14.9 billion (RM62.2 billion), references have been made to a decision of Sabah High ...

THE statement issued yesterday by the Securities Commission (SC) and the body it oversees, Bursa Malaysia, on the recent events, is timely. It appears that the primary purpose of the statements issued ...

Former prime minister Najib Razak never expressed remorse after he was found guilty of pocketing SRC International funds, rules a judge. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, September 9, 2020.