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'Tricks and cunning': Big penalties don't stop banks from moving dirty cash

'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.

Secret docs show banks defy US crackdowns to serve oligarchs, criminals and terrorists

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.

Fire at IOI’s Indonesia concession amid 2019 haze linked to new planting

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.

Sabah Decides 2020: Making sense of the players, parties and battles

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.

How a legal migrant slips through the cracks

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.

Political interference: The tycoon who got entangled in Najib's 1MDB scandal

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.

Who is Zarul Ahmad - key figure in Guan Eng's bribery charges?

Who is Zarul Ahmad - key figure in Guan Eng's bribery charges?

Zarul was the face of a consortium that was granted the role to undertake the Penang undersea tunnel project.

Murky procurement of 'blacklisted' X-ray scanners

Murky procurement of 'blacklisted' X-ray scanners

SPECIAL REPORT | The equipment which assists humans to detect wrongdoings is tangled with an allegation of fraud.

Long-standing policies barrier to music industry even before Covid-19

Long-standing policies barrier to music industry even before Covid-19

SPECIAL REPORT | Industry players call on gov't to come up with a holistic policy for arts industry to bloom.

Hollow note: M'sia's live music scene muffled as Covid-19 battle drags on

Hollow note: M'sia's live music scene muffled as Covid-19 battle drags on

SPECIAL REPORT | Virtual performances can't replace live concerts, nor can these remove the feeling of isolation under MCO.

Gig work a ‘new normal’ but falls short in labour protection

Gig work a ‘new normal’ but falls short in labour protection

The industry, once hailed as 'innovative', is plagued by labour rights issues.

63 years after Merdeka, Malaysian children learn how to be friends

63 years after Merdeka, Malaysian children learn how to be friends

Last December, a group of Malaysian teenagers embarked on an adventure unlike anything they have done in their lives.

On social media, youths are the target market for new smoking device

On social media, youths are the target market for new smoking device

SPECIAL REPORT | M'sian celebs promote Philip Morris International’s tobacco smoking Iqos, reaching young audiences.

Track Covid-19 outbreak in Malaysia

Track Covid-19 outbreak in Malaysia

TRACKER | Follow the latest updates and essential information on the outbreak in Malaysia, all in one place.

Institutionalised corruption in RTD grips logistics industry, turns clean firms dirty

Institutionalised corruption in RTD grips logistics industry, turns clean firms dirty

SPECIAL REPORT | The different laws allow RTD officers to exercise their discretion, but such powers can also be abused.

Why some rape survivors don't fight back, remain cordial with attacker

Why some rape survivors don't fight back, remain cordial with attacker

SPECIAL REPORT | There is no 'typical' way of expressing trauma after a sexual attack, some reactions may appear counterintuitive, say experts.

How ‘teacher worship’ in dance could lead to sexual assaults

How ‘teacher worship’ in dance could lead to sexual assaults

SPECIAL REPORT | In dance scenes, the teacher becomes the idol so predatory behaviour goes unchecked.

Dance instructor accused of raping students

Dance instructor accused of raping students

SPECIAL REPORT | The prominent figure in this dance scene is accused of forcing himself onto several students when they could not consent.

MRT feeder bus irregularity lets down billion-ringgit infrastructure, data shows

MRT feeder bus irregularity lets down billion-ringgit infrastructure, data shows

SPECIAL REPORT | User-collected data shows most users wait under 15 minutes - but with no bus schedules, waiting times can go up to 34 minutes.

Numbers show it - Parliament is in the executive's pocket

Numbers show it - Parliament is in the executive's pocket

ANALYSIS | Because of this, the august House has been deemed to be merely a 'rubber stamp.

What do youths think about their new voting rights?

What do youths think about their new voting rights?

SPECIAL REPORT | Malaysiakini asks high school students about their hopes and anxieties as the country’s newest voters.

Migrant workers forced to live in jungle shacks after fleeing exploitation

Migrant workers forced to live in jungle shacks after fleeing exploitation

SPECIAL REPORT | Workers hide out in shacks covered by plastic tarp to avoid deportation, after fleeing from exploitative employers.

Every day, two Bangladeshi workers die in Malaysia

Every day, two Bangladeshi workers die in Malaysia

SPECIAL REPORT | Aged between 18 and 32 years, most of them die of heart attacks and stroke.

Exposed - 'trade' in Bangladeshi workers, slave-like work conditions

Exposed - 'trade' in Bangladeshi workers, slave-like work conditions

SPECIAL REPORT | Workers are passed from one firm to another, without their knowledge or consent.