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October exports were valued at RM61.29 billion (US$20.08 billion), slightly down from RM63.35 billion in October 2011.

Liu Xiangying, 33, Gao Yue Qiang, 32, Wang Xianjie, 39, and He Jun Ling, 32, nodded when the prosecution asked if they wanted to engage counsel.

Hundreds of Indonesians demanded today the dismissal of a district chief who divorced his teen wife via text message days after they married, alleging she lied about her virginity.

Four other arrested drivers, who have been remanded for a week, are expected to be produced in court tomorrow.

'They (Malaysia) are asking for Indonesian maids but they cannot protect them well,' says Suryana Sastradiredja.

One worker was in critical condition and 22 others were seriously injured during the incident at the Jurong Shipyard, says the Ministry of Manpower.

Bao Feng Shan, 38, a Chinese national, was charged for his role in the mass action, which the government has described as an illegal strike.

'The strike was planned and premeditated. It disrupted our public transport... and posed a threat to public order,' says the ministry.

Singapore’s first strike in 26 years petered out today with most of the Chinese bus drivers who had stopped working to demand higher pay reporting for duty.

About 60 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore stayed off work today, the second day of a rare labour stoppage in the city-state.

The openly gay British pop icon, who is popular in Malaysia, is scheduled to perform on Thursday at a resort outside KL.

Activists today slammed the wedding of a 12-year-old to her 19-year-old boyfriend, renewing their calls for the gov't to outlaw child marriages.

A government official says the DCA had decided to extend the low-cost carrier’s air operator’s certificate until March 31 next year

Vietnamese authorities have arrested 11 suspected pirates aboard a chemical tanker after the first such hijacking in the waters around Malaysia in years.

Chee Soon Juan was declared bankrupt in 2006 after failing to pay his debts to former prime ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong.

Malaysian narcotics agents have foiled a Nigerian syndicate’s bid to smuggle cocaine worth US$7.1 million hidden in coconut milk cans, a top police official said today.

Sia Ka Tian, 70, was shocked to find the money in a black paper bag on the back seat yesterday after he dropped the couple off at a shopping centre.

A former head of Singapore’s narcotics police admitted at his corruption trial today that he had sexual relations with one of his agency’s contractors, but denied any wrongdoing.

A lower court had freed the 22-year-old electrician on probation after finding him guilty of having sex with the then-12-year-old girl in July 2011.

Malaysia and Egypt have agreed to ask 'international power brokers' to help stop escalating violence in the Middle East.

The group is on course to endorse a human rights declaration despite complaints from rights groups and the UN that it falls below global standards.

UPDATED 4.45PM A 15-year-old Indonesian in Seremban was allegedly raped and tied up and left without food for four days.

The French Senate approves the so-called Nutella amendment  which will take the tax from around 100 euros (RM390) now to 400 euros (RM1,560).

The window pane at a Malaysian hospital which has drawn throngs of Catholics, will be moved to a church, officials said.