special report
No one wants it nearby, yet govt still aims to build WTE incinerators
This idea has been a hard sell for 20 years, but status-quo landfills aren't any better.
Yap Si Err, Vivian Yap
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3 months ago
7 years after Wang Kelian mass graves, human trafficking persists
After 139 graves found at Perlis border, smuggling moved to Kedah and Kelantan.
Arulldas Sinnappan
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2 years ago
E-waste smuggled into the country leaves a trail of pollution
Sources: Tonnes come from developed nations, through ports, undetected.
Arulldas Sinnappan
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2 years ago
When the water rises: A Malaysian climate change story
For thousands of Malaysians, climate change has left a trail of destruction. This is their story.
Kini News Lab
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3 years ago
Plans for new airport spell trouble for Tioman marine park
Development plans can endanger marine park, rare species and environment.
Andrew Ong, Raveena Nagotra
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3 years ago
Loophole for developers: Cutting forest reserve projects into small pieces
No need to make EIA public if project is under 500ha.
Low Choon Chyuan
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3 years ago
A virtual graveyard for deaths in custody
Let’s visit a few of the many victims.
Kini News Lab
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3 years ago
Power play: Who’s who in Malaysia’s coal energy business
The players that power our largest, cheapest and dirtiest source of energy.
Edward Gomez, Darshini Kandasamy
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3 years ago
Power and money: Is Malaysia still banking on coal?
Here are the Malaysian banks that are banking on coal.
Darshini Kandasamy, Edward Gomez
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3 years ago
50 years after NEP, a wealth and ethnic divide
SPECIAL REPORT | On this day in 1971, the New Economic Policy was tabled in the Dewan Rakyat. It changed Malaysian society.
Alyaa Alhadjri, B Nantha Kumar
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4 years ago
'Back door' vaccine agents using MySejahtera loophole?
Source claims vaccination centre staff have access to system which administers appointments via app's backend.
Mandy Leong, Robin Koh, Tham Seen Hau
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4 years ago
Som Forest: Home to tapirs and elephants or mining site for Pahang royals?
UPDATED 4.40PM | A mining project is seeking approval to excavate iron in 60.76ha of a degazetted forest reserve.
Wong Kai Hui
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4 years ago
How much information can be revealed with your IC number?
How many government websites are indirectly disclosing your personal data by requiring your IC number for access?
Kini News Lab
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4 years ago
New royalty-linked mining project near Tasik Chini despite 'rehab' pledge
The Pahang govt made an exemption for the mining project, located about 3km from environmentally sensitive Tasik Chini.
Hariz Mohd
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4 years ago
EIA contradicts Lynas and MB, multiple risks to Kuantan
Lynas' radioactive dump will be in a water catchment area.
4 years ago
Unwanted neighbours: Lynas waste in Felda settlers' backyard
Felda settlements set to have another brush with heavy industry as rare earth waste may end up a stone's throw away.
Wong Kai Hui
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4 years ago
Company linked to royalty in Lynas' waste disposal site project
A total of 202.35 hectares, size of 283 football fields, has been carved out of Bukit Kuantan forest reserve.
Wong Kai Hui
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4 years ago
Medical woes: Try stepping into the shoes of a transgender person
SPECIAL REPORT | 'Imagine me, with this face, seeing a gynaecologist.'
Wong Kai Hui
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4 years ago
How a five-year-old girl crossed jungles and rough seas to safety
Left with no choice as violence escalates, a father sends his little girl on a fishing vessel, alone with strangers.
Aidila Razak
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4 years ago
'If I stayed, I'd be carrying arms, marching to war'
Escaping child soldier recruitment, a boy travels by land and water to reach Malaysia.
Aidila Razak
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4 years ago
'Being a refugee is being adrift in the ocean - where tide goes, you live’
Left on their own in a strange place, two boys make a 4,800-kilometre journey to M'sia as refugees.
Aidila Razak
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4 years ago
How a M'sian family opened up their home to young refugees
When Zurina heard of a young suicidal refugee who was on his own, she told her husband 'Go get him.'
Aidila Razak
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4 years ago
Lone Passage: Tracing the solo journeys of child refugees to Malaysia
More than 800 child refugees and asylum seekers travel to Malaysia on their own. These are their stories.
Aidila Razak
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4 years ago
The who's who in the Sabah 2020 election
KINIGUIDE | Giants? Political frogs? Malaysiakini breaks down the contests that matter the most in a crowded field.
Kini News Lab
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5 years ago
'Tricks and cunning': Big penalties don't stop banks from moving dirty cash
After being fined, banks continued to wave through suspicious transactions, analysis of leaked documents found.
ICIJ
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5 years ago
Secret docs show banks defy US crackdowns to serve oligarchs, criminals and terrorists
SPECIAL REPORT | FinCEN Files show trillions in tainted dollars flow freely through major banks, swamping a broken enforcement system.
ICIJ
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5 years ago
Fire at IOI’s Indonesia concession amid 2019 haze linked to new planting
SPECIAL REPORT | Satellite imagery showed fire at empty land on IOI subsidiary’s concession in Kalimantan last year. Today, the land is newly planted.
5 years ago
Sabah Decides 2020: Making sense of the players, parties and battles
KINIGUIDE | Malaysiakini helps to explain the upcoming Sabah election, its people and the power players who will court them.
5 years ago
How a legal migrant slips through the cracks
SPECIAL REPORT | NGOs estimate there are over two million undocumented migrants in Malaysia - many started working here legally.
Malaysiakini Team
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5 years ago
Political interference: The tycoon who got entangled in Najib's 1MDB scandal
Lim Soon Peng apparently acted as an intermediary for Najib's payments to two entities.
5 years ago
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