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• Malaysian PM Najib Razak Defends Strict Security Laws to Fight ISIS

  Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak defended that the country's strict security laws would ensure the security of the nation against ISIS, who warned to retaliate after its members were arrested.

• Malaysia summons China envoy over comments on planned pro-Malay rally

  Malaysia has summoned China's ambassador to clarify his remarks criticizing extremism and racism ahead of a planned pro-Malay rally in the capital. Local newspaper The Star said on Friday Ambassador Huang Huikang had warned that Beijing had no fear of speaking out against actions that threatened its interests and affected the rights of its people."The Chinese government opposes terrorism and any form of discrimination against races and any form of extremism," The Star quoted Huang saying.

• Thousands rally to pile pressure on Malaysia's PM

  Tens of thousands joined a peaceful protest in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak, bringing to the streets a political crisis over a multi-million-dollar payment made to an account under his name.

• Wing part washed up on beach is from missing MH370, Malaysia confirms

  A piece of a wing that washed up on an Indian Ocean island beach last week was part of the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, Malaysia said on Thursday, confirming the discovery of the first trace of the plane since it vanished last year.

• Malaysia's PM denies fraud, says ex-PM Mahathir foments crisis

  Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Friday denied taking money from state fund 1MDB or any other entity for personal gain, after a media report said investigators traced nearly $700 million to bank accounts that were allegedly in his name.

• Malaysia finds 139 graves in 'cruel' jungle trafficking camps

  Malaysia has found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs smuggling migrants across the border with Thailand, the country's police chief said on Monday.

• China maritime tensions dominate Southeast Asia summit

  Southeast Asian leaders edged closer to open criticism of China's land reclamation in the disputed South China Sea at a regional summit on Monday, as the Philippines drew the ire of Beijing which called its objections to the work "unreasonable".

• Malaysian PM vows to keep up search for MH370, report offers no new clues

  Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Sunday Malaysia remained committed to the search for the missing MH370 jetliner a year after it vanished without trace, and a report by international investigators offered no new clues as to its fate.

• Anwar back in jail but problems mount for Malaysian PM Najib

  The biggest political threat to Malaysia's government is behind bars after a court upheld a sodomy conviction for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, but more thorny problems confront Prime Minister Najib Razak.

• Malaysia's top court reverses verdict in Mongolian model's murder

  Malaysia's Federal Court on Tuesday reversed the acquittal of two policemen, finding them guilty of killing and blowing up a Mongolian model linked with a former associate of Prime Minister Najib Razak.

• Malaysia: Dutch report suggests MH-17 shot down from ground

  Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 broke apart over Ukraine due to impact from a large number of fragments, the Dutch Safety Board said on Tuesday, in a report that Malaysia's prime minister and several experts said suggested it was shot down from the ground.