Malaysian police arrested a Lebanese man allegedly carrying fake currency with a face value of $66m (€46m) after he tipped a hotel staff with a $500 note, news reports said.

Malaysia’s prime minister and other VIPs were stuck in a lift for 30 minutes at a convention centre, it was revealed today.

A rare 23-foot-long whale shark got entangled in a fishing net off Malaysia’s northwest coast and was towed to shore but died due to injuries, local media reported today.

Hundreds of people are flocking to a well in a Malaysian town after residents claimed its murky water turned clear and has healing powers following a miracle, it was reported today.

The carcass of a protected Malaysian panther believed bound for the kitchens of Thai restaurants selling exotic dishes was seized by officials at the border between the two countries, it was reported today.

A jealous wife who almost severed her husband’s penis with a knife was jailed for six months today.

Manchester United chief executive David Gill is attempting to resolve the row over the Red Devils’ summer tour to the Far East.

Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said has urged the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to reconsider their opposition to Manchester United’s planned visit to Malaysia.

A gang of thieves stole microchips and computer parts worth about $12.7m (€9.9m) from a Malaysian warehouse, it was reported today.

UNIVERSITY College Cork is on the verge of signing a formal agreement with Malaysia to train medical students and it is possible that further initiatives, such as setting up an Irish campus in that country, could follow.

News that a Malaysian-born woman is at the centre of a sex scandal surrounding soccer superstar David Beckham is nothing for Malaysians to be proud of, a minister said in Kuala Lumpur.

A 27-year-old man whose family kept chickens in Vietnam died today, becoming Asia’s 19th bird flu fatality, while Malaysian authorities quarantined a pet-store owner on fears he may also have caught the virus striking the region’s poultry.