Reporting on rampant corruption in government brings crackdown as Malaysian newspapers shuttered | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Kuala Lumpur (dpa) – The Malaysian government Friday suspended the permits of two local newspapers which published exposes about alleged corruption in the state development fund, 1MDB, that have dogged the country’s leadership. The Edge Media Group said its publications The Edge Weekly and The Edge Financial Daily were to stop publication for three months starting…

Kuala Lumpur (dpa) – A senior official in the Malaysian Health Ministry was charged with corruption on Friday for awarding two projects to a company run by her son, a government anti-graft prosecutor said. S. Tselvin, 58, pleaded not guilty to two counts of corruption filed before the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, according to Malaysian Anti-Corruption…