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• Malaysia: Securities Commission Clarifies Requirements on Digital Asset Broking

  In brief On 30 January 2026, the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) provided clarity on the regulatory framework governing the offering of broking services for digital assets. The SC has affirmed the position that Capital Markets Services Licence holders for dealing in securities and dealing in securities restricted to listed securities (collectively, “CMSL Holders“) are permitted...

• CFP: 6th Asian Legal History Conference

  [We have the following CFP.  DRE] The Faculty of Law, Multimedia University, Malaysia is organizing the Sixth Asian Legal History Conference in Melaka, Malaysia on 6–7 August 2026. The conference is supported by the Asian Legal History Association. Previous Asian Legal History Conferences have been hosted, organized and supported by the University of Law at...

• Untangling Colonial Thorns: Heirs to the Sultanate of Sulu v. Malaysia

  Scholarship over the past decade or so has been interested in the imperial origins of international investment law. As much as the current regime has undergone reform, some relics continue to present thorns in the current ‘decolonised’ landscape. They expose its problematic origins and, more importantly, its present-day ramifications. This post cautions against the revival...

• Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act 2010 – 7 Key Principles (Part 2)

  Explore the 7 principles of PDPA Malaysia 2026 to ensure compliance and protect personal data in your business practices.

• Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act 2010 – Data Controller Contracts and more (Part 3)

  Explore PDPA Malaysia 2026 breach reporting and data transfers in health and finance. Ensure compliance with key principles.

• The Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act 2010 – All you need to know (Part 1) Undated 2026

  Explore the Malaysia PDPA 2010 2026 Guide to understand new legal obligations for data controllers and processors.

• Top 25 Posts of 2025

  As we begin the new year, we look back at the Islamic Law Blog’s most-read posts of 2025. See here for a curated snapshot of all 2025 research and scholarship at the Program in Islamic Law and in the SHARIAsource Lab, and subscribe to Islamic Law Blog notifications to never miss a post.  ::Roundtable:: The...

• Guest Post: Business Judgment Rule in Malaysian Corporate Law

  In the following guest post, my good friend JJ Chan takes a look at some key principles of Malaysian corporate law, including important appellate cases interpreting the Business Judgement Rule under Malaysian law. JJ is the Managing Partner of the Chan Ban Eng law firm in Malaysia. I would like to thank JJ for allowing...

• Communications Ministry mulls revising social media user threshold following Grok AI issues

  It is reported that the Malaysian Ministry of Communications is considering revising the user threshold for social media platforms to be classified as Application Service Provider Class (ASP(C)) licence holders. Currently, platforms with eight million or more users in Malaysia are automatically registered under this category, as per the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. This...

• Malaysia’s Data Privacy Awakening: A 2025 Compliance Guide for International Organizations

  Following the full implementation of the PDPA Amendment Act 2024 in June 2025, Malaysia has aligned itself with global data protection standards. For international organizations operating in Kuala Lumpur or processing Malaysian data offshore, the regulatory risk profile has shifted significantly.

Featured documents

• Up to 900 Malaysian students fall ill on suspected food poisoning

  About 900 students at a school in northern Malaysia have fallen ill for suspected food poisoning, a local newspaper report on Saturday. About 700 school girls and 200 boys at a school in Sungai Petani, a town in the state of Kedah, began to show symptoms of food poisoning early Saturday morning,...

• Air Safety: The Fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370—Revisited

  On the second anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Air flight MH370, this blog explored the known facts and concluded, “Unless and until the wreckage is located on the ocean floor and the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder data recovered, the most plausible scenario is...

• ESMA recognises four new third country CCPs

  On 2 May 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced that it had recognised four new third country central counterparties (TC-CCPs), under Article 25 of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), bringing the total number of TC-CCPs recognised by ESMA to 39. The...

• Malaysia’s Data Privacy Awakening: A 2025 Compliance Guide for International Organizations

  Following the full implementation of the PDPA Amendment Act 2024 in June 2025, Malaysia has aligned itself with global data protection standards. For international organizations operating in Kuala Lumpur or processing Malaysian data offshore, the regulatory risk profile has shifted significantly....

• Alternative medicine article in Malaysia questions regulatory adequacy

  An alternative medicine article in Malaysia offers a comparative snapshot of legal and regulatory issues. In Alternative Medicine: Seeking the best of both worlds, a pharmacist with a doctorate in Holistic Medicine who is a director of the Malaysian Herbal Corporation and a CEO of a group of...

• Malaysian surimi facility comes up short at inspection

  A seafood processing plant in Malaysia owned by TS Food Industry Sdn. Bhd. is in serious violation of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. An FDA inspection team visited the facility Oct. 18 and 19, 2016m finding...

• Malaysia: Red Notice sought for comedian after joke on 9th anniversary of missing flight MH370

  Malaysian Police Seek INTERPOL Help to Track Down Comedian After MH370 Joke Malaysian police plan to seek help from INTERPOL to track down US-based comedian Jocelyn Chia, who joked about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Ms. Chia, whose website states she is originally from Singapore,...

• Communications Ministry mulls revising social media user threshold following Grok AI issues

  It is reported that the Malaysian Ministry of Communications is considering revising the user threshold for social media platforms to be classified as Application Service Provider Class (ASP(C)) licence holders. Currently, platforms with eight million or more users in Malaysia are automatically...

• Malaysian blogger arrested for reporting government corruption

  U.S. lawyers should appreciate the rights we have to question government practices through blogs. The Southeast Asian Press Alliance reports on a Malaysian blogger being arrested for comments posted on his blog that pointed to a corrupt internal security system in Malaysia. 26-year-old Nathaniel...

• Hong Kong: Securities and Futures Commission and the Securities Commission Malaysia sign Fintech cooperation agreement

  On 14 September 2017, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Securities Commission Malaysia (SCM) signed a co-operation agreement to collaborate on the promotion of financial innovation in Hong Kong and Malaysia The co-operation agreement sets out a framework for collaboration between...