Malaysian Police on Friday arrested two men in connection of secretly filmed a sensational 20-minute video of a man, reportedly resembling prominent Opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim, having sex with a foreign prostitute.

Malaysian naval commandos have rescued 23 crew and captured seven Somali pirates following a firefight to free a hijacked oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, reports said on Saturday.

Nine Malaysian activists were detained at a colourful Hindu festival Thursday as they protested over a textbook which they said was racially insensitive to the ethnic Indian minority.

At least four persons were injured when AirAsia, Malaysia's budget carrier, plane carrying 130 people skidded off the runway while landing in the rain.

Malaysia announced Friday a royal commission into the mysterious case of an opposition political aide who died last year, but the limited scope of the inquiry attracted immediate criticism.

An inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock, who fell from the offices of the anti-corruption agency, recorded an open verdict Wednesday with the coroner saying there was not enough evidence to prove either suicide or homicide.

A Malaysian minister has rubbished allegations that he had raped his Indonesian maid in 2007, terming them as heaps of "libellous statements and awful, ugly and wicked lies".

Three committees will be set up for Malaysia's 2.1-million Indian community that will focus on areas where they would benefit the most, a minister has announced. The areas that will be looked into would be crime among ethnic Indian youth, promoting retail business and small and medium-scale enterprises (SME), deputy minister in the Prime Minister's department S.K. Devamany said Monday.

The Malaysian authorities said Monday they had recovered the body of a Singaporean killed along with three others when a boat capsized, while the search for one more missing person continued.

At least 15 people were killed when a bus carrying Thai tourists overturned on a highway after a trip to Malaysia's cameron highlands, police and reports said Monday.

Malaysia will set up a National Science and Research Council (NSRC) to prepare for the creation of a national research system based on science and technology in a more conducive environment, says mini