After six years in jail, countless court appearances and a police beating, Malaysia uncaged its most famous dissident this month just as the nation's once heralded tiger economy starts to purr again.More
While Singapore debates the merits of having a casino on its soil, others such as Thailand, Japan, and Indonesia are getting into the act by reviewing their anti-gambling laws.More
In an astonishingly undiplomatic speech, the outgoing Malaysian leader described Westerners as a greedy, warmongering mob which promoted free sex and sodomy.More
Investigators are hunting for Carol John Mee Lim, a Singapore native who is believed to have stolen some US$10 million from account holders of a New York bank.More
The Malaysian-Canadian university student of Chinese descent is a victim of SARS - not the deadly disease but the branding that has come along with it.More