Malaysia’s Immigration Department has deported 23,000 illegal immigrants this year to May for criminal offence, said its director-general Mustafar Ali.
A Malaysia Airlines plane was forced to land in Australia’s Melbourne city after a passenger claimed to have bomb, Malaysian Deputy Minister of Transport Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said on May 31.
Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on May 30 called for efforts of Malaysian people to join the fight against the self-claimed Islamic State (IS).
The Sepang district court in Malaysia’s Selangor State held the third hearing on May 30 on the case of the murder of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) citizen Kim Chol.
Malaysia’s Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC) is urging Japanese firms to use Malaysia as a gateway to Muslim markets across the region and in the Middle East.
Security at all entry points nationwide, including rat trails, will be enhanced to ensure terrorists on the run from the authorities of the neighbouring countries do not infiltrate into Malaysia, said Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Over 150 foreigners aged between 20-45, have been detained by the Malaysian Immigration Department for various offences including not having identification documents, possession of fake work permits.
Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman on May 20 expressed hope that ASEAN and China could conclude a framework of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) at the end of this year.
Malaysia’s economic growth in the first quarter of 2017 reached 5.6 percent, higher than the 4.1-percent rise in the same time last year and the highest rate in the recent two years, according to Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).
Some 85,000 illegal immigrant in Malaysia have applied for the enforcement card (E-card) programme, according to data published by the Immigration Department of Malaysia on May 19.
Malaysia and Australia have committed to working together to tackle transnational criminals, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said during his visit to Australia on May 8-10.