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+ | |leaders=Malaysian Prime Minister | ||
+ | |sourcewatch=http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Malaysia | ||
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'''Malaysia''' is a [[nation state]] in [[South East Asia]]. | '''Malaysia''' is a [[nation state]] in [[South East Asia]]. | ||
+ | ==Covid-19== | ||
+ | In January 2021, the king, [[Sultan Abdullah of Pahang]], declared a [[state of emergency]] on the advice of the [[Malaysia/Prime Minister|Prime Minister]], in nominal response to [[Covid-19]].<ref>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-12/malaysia-king-declares-state-of-emergency-to-curb-covid-spread/13051642</ref> The government claimed the right to take temporary possession of property, and impose a jail term of up to three years for anyone [[Covid dissident|publicly dissenting]] about the "disease" and the countermeasures<ref>https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/malaysian-government-continues-silence-dissent-emergency-and-repressive-laws/</ref>. | ||
==Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission== | ==Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission== | ||
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{{FAs|Malaysia Airlines Flight 17|Malaysia Airlines Flight 370}} | {{FAs|Malaysia Airlines Flight 17|Malaysia Airlines Flight 370}} | ||
[[Tony Gosling]] has suggested Malaysia's dogged insistence on the rule of international law may have influenced the fates of [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] and [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]]. | [[Tony Gosling]] has suggested Malaysia's dogged insistence on the rule of international law may have influenced the fates of [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] and [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]]. | ||
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+ | ==VIPaedophile== | ||
+ | In September 2024, in the course of investigations into the abuse of children in [[children's home]]s, the police in Malaysia arrested several hundred suspects. More than 400 children were brought to safety and 355 alleged perpetrators have been arrested, including religious teachers and carers. The investigators targeted an Islamic company called Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB), which is controversial because of its links to the banned [[Al-Arqam|Al-Arqam "sect"]]. According to the company's website, GISB operates [[supermarkets]] and [[restaurants]], among other things, and is also active outside of Malaysia, for example in [[Indonesia]], [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/hunderte-festnahmen-wegen-mutmasslichen-kindesmissbrauchs-in-malaysia-a-842aa666-22d1-4215-b01f-b86ced539bd0</ref> | ||
==Trade-for-Aid== | ==Trade-for-Aid== |
Latest revision as of 08:02, 24 September 2024
Malaysia (Country) | |
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Location | Asia, South East Asia |
Leader | Malaysian Prime Minister |
Type | nation state |
Interest of | Bernard Fergusson, Arthur Martin |
Member of | APEC, ASEAN, Commonwealth of Nations, UN |
Subpage | •Malaysia/Prime Minister |
Kingdom in Southeast Asia. Known for air disasters. |
Malaysia is a nation state in South East Asia.
Contents
Covid-19
In January 2021, the king, Sultan Abdullah of Pahang, declared a state of emergency on the advice of the Prime Minister, in nominal response to Covid-19.[1] The government claimed the right to take temporary possession of property, and impose a jail term of up to three years for anyone publicly dissenting about the "disease" and the countermeasures[2].
Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission
- Full article: Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission
- Full article: Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission
Malaysia has played host to the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission, which has pursued a number of cases of war crimes. In May 2012 the commission found George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, John Yoo, Jay Bybee, Alberto Gonzales, David Addington and William Haynes II guilty in connection with torture carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, while in November 2011 it found George W. Bush and Tony Blair guilty of crimes against peace in connection with the 2003 Iraq war.
Malaysia Airlines Flights
- Full articles: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
- Full articles: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Tony Gosling has suggested Malaysia's dogged insistence on the rule of international law may have influenced the fates of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
VIPaedophile
In September 2024, in the course of investigations into the abuse of children in children's homes, the police in Malaysia arrested several hundred suspects. More than 400 children were brought to safety and 355 alleged perpetrators have been arrested, including religious teachers and carers. The investigators targeted an Islamic company called Global Ikhwan Services and Business (GISB), which is controversial because of its links to the banned Al-Arqam "sect". According to the company's website, GISB operates supermarkets and restaurants, among other things, and is also active outside of Malaysia, for example in Indonesia, France and the United Kingdom.[3]
Trade-for-Aid
See the Pergau Dam affair.
Event
Event | Description |
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Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission | A tribunal to address the 2003 invasion of Iraq and associated abuses. Its verdict:- the UK/US/NATO establishment is guilty of war crimes. So far the criminals remain at large — but are staying out of Malaysia, the country in which the tribunal was carried out. |
Related Documents
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:The War in Malaya 1948-60 | book extract | 13 February 2007 | Mark Curtis | |
MH370 Safety Investigation Report | Report | 2 July 2018 | The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370 | Final report full of contradictions of the Malaysian authorities on MH 370, basically summarized as "we don't know what happened, but it's not flying, that's for sure". But let's blame the Air traffic controllers for not acting quicker and more decisively sooner. |
Maldives Revisited | Report | 12 August 2016 | Blaine Gibson | Private investigator Blaine Gibson went with a team of private citizens to the islands of the Maldives, to find the citizens that claimed they saw a plane similar to MH370 in a very narrow time span the night of the disappearance. After also finding debris - in fact, even out-performing a $200 million joint-search by the authorities, one of Gibsons associates was assassinated, he was threatened to be next in line and subsequently went in hiding. |
References
- ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-12/malaysia-king-declares-state-of-emergency-to-curb-covid-spread/13051642
- ↑ https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/malaysian-government-continues-silence-dissent-emergency-and-repressive-laws/
- ↑ https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/hunderte-festnahmen-wegen-mutmasslichen-kindesmissbrauchs-in-malaysia-a-842aa666-22d1-4215-b01f-b86ced539bd0