Sarawak Report

A helicopter believed to be carrying six people including a Malaysian deputy minister and a parliament member went missing Thursday over the Borneo island state of Sarawak, reports said.

Malaysian authorities have blocked access to a website critical of Prime Minister Najib Razak's government, saying the British-based news portal had violated a local internet law in a move condemned by opposition lawmakers.

An ethnic Indian lawyer-political activist has become the latest person from Malaysia to be declared a "persona non grata" by the Sarawak government and barred from entering the state, media reported on Saturday.

A helicopter believed to be carrying six people including a Malaysian deputy minister and a parliament member went missing Thursday over the Borneo island state of Sarawak, reports said.

Malaysian authorities have blocked access to a website critical of Prime Minister Najib Razak's government, saying the British-based news portal had violated a local internet law in a move condemned by opposition lawmakers.

An ethnic Indian lawyer-political activist has become the latest person from Malaysia to be declared a "persona non grata" by the Sarawak government and barred from entering the state, media reported on Saturday.