Malaysian authorities have frozen close to 100 bank accounts belonging to a charity group accused of running care homes where hundreds of children were allegedly abused.

Malaysian authorities said July 27 that 26 Rohingya migrants, who had been feared drowned after jumping off a fishing boat, were found alive off the Malaysian coast on late July 26.

Malaysian authorities on August 23 said competent forces had seized 3.2 tonnes of cocaine and 500kg of ketamine, worth a combined 161 million USD, in the country's biggest drugs haul to date.

Malaysian authorities have seized more than 1 billion ringgit (243.25 million USD) from a bank account of the China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Ltd (CPP), a unit of state energy giant China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC).

Thirty-five people, mainly students, have been hospitalised after breathing in methane from chemical waste that had been illegally dumped into a river in Pasir Gudang, Johor state, Malaysian authorities said on March 7.

Malaysian authorities are considering the possibility of setting a time limit for young people under 18 to be out of their houses without adult supervision to protect them from negative activities and influences.

Malaysian authorities arrested their former Prime Minister Najib Razak on July 3, and they are set to charge him for his involvement at the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) in the loss of billions of US dollars the following day.

Malaysian authorities said on May 28 that they have seized a record 1.2 tonnes of crystal methamphetamine that was hidden in tea packets and shipped from Myanmar.

Malaysian authorities arrested four foreigners for suspected links to the Islamic State (IS) in Sandakan, Sabah on December 4, Malaysia's The Star newspaper reported.

Malaysian authorities have rescued 140 live pangolins in crackdowns on wildlife trafficking near Malaysia's border with Thailand.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on May 22 called for more efforts to search for nine navy members who have been missing since May 20 as their boat lost contact during a regular patrol off the southern state of Johor.

As many as 27,468 foreign workers without relevant documents including work permits have been detained by Malaysian authorities since the beginning of this year.

Malaysian authorities said they have been given the green light to continue search operations for Malaysia Airlines’ missing plane MH370 in sea territories close to Mozambique and South Africa.