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Over 2,000 fall ill in Malaysia after toxic waste dumped in Johor river
People who inhaled the fumes suffered from nausea and vomiting. No one has died.
One of only two Malaysian UNESCO biosphere reserves ‘in danger of losing status’
Tasik Chini, the lake that serves as one of only two Malaysian UNESCO biosphere reserves, is potentially losing its prestigious status, according to Professor Dr Mushrifah...
UK supermarket’s viral orangutan ad slammed by palm oil giant
A British supermarket chain’s viral commercial about an orangutan left homeless because of deforestation from palm oil planting was slammed as a cheap publicity stunt by a...
Deforestation making Malaysia ‘ground zero’ for surge in monkey malaria say scientists
Although Malaysia has largely eradicated human to human cases of malaria, there is a new threat in our midst in the form of monkey malaria. Previously a threat confined to the...
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[UPDATE] Malaysia Impossible: Popular radioactive material used to make ‘dirty bombs’ gone missing from local company
UPDATE: Police report that two men have been arrested in connection with the missing device. No further update on where the materials could be, or whether the two newly detained...
Wrath of Poseidon: After indiscriminate over-fishing Sabah’s lobster and crab hauling practices under review
Sabah’s Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Junz Wong is putting the kibosh on all of your lobster thermidor fantasies, and told media he will be restricting the...
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[UPDATE] Five dead, thousands flee as floods hit Malaysia’s Penang
Five people have been killed and over 3,000 evacuated after a storm triggered serious flooding Sunday in Malaysia’s Penang, with the state’s historic capital under...
Divers, volunteers fish two washing machines out of Kota Kinabalu reefs
Umm, how on earth did they get there?
Bornean orangutan, whale shark sliding towards extinction: conservationists
Borneo's famed orangutan is on the verge of extinction, the IUCN says.