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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has affirmed that the government led by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) alliance is working to re-energise the economy, with the road to recovery now visible.

The monthly minimum wage in Malaysia will be raised to 1,200 RM (290 USD), starting January 2020, in order to improve the people’s living standards.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamad agreed to further deepen the Vietnam-Malaysia strategic partnership during their talks in Hanoi on August 27.

The fate of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is close to being finalised with just some minor details to be sorted out in negotiations between Malaysia and China.

The Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) (the Islamic Party of Malaysia) has decided not to support the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the Semenyih by-election, Selangor state, said Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on February 16.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has published monthly income declarations of many parliamentarians, following Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s request to prevent corruption, The Star newspaper reported on November 2.

Malaysia’s former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim officially returned to political life just five months after he was freed from jail by winning a by-election for a parliamentary seat on October 13.

Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will seek to return to politics by participating in a local election next month to become a lawmaker.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he would honour an agreement by the four partners of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) alliance to step down after two years and hand over the country's leadership to Anwar Ibrahim.

The High Court of George Town city of Malaysia’s Penang state has acquitted Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng and dropped the charges against him and businesswoman Phang Li Koon.

Malaysia will go ahead with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), said Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

The Malaysian parliament has repealed a law against fake news introduced earlier this year by the government of former Prime Minister Najib Razak.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on July 10 required that his Cabinet members declare their wealth and refuse gifts of more value than perishable food and flowers.

Thirteen more ministers and 23 deputy ministers were sworn in on July 2 before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V.

Several bank accounts of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the party of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, have been frozen.

Malaysia’s top judges – Chief Justice Raus Sharif and Court of Appeal President Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin – have resigned from their posts.

The Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs has set up a special committee to review existing laws, especially those related to national security, Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.

Core members of the cabinet led by newly-elected Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad were sworn in on May 21.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived in Kuala Lumpur on May 9 to meet his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamad.

Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on May 18 unveiled more minister picks for his cabinet, which will be sworn in on May 21.