KUALA LUMPUR - A MALAYSIAN court granted permission to a Christian to challenge the authorities for seizing religious material that used the word 'Allah", national news agency Bernama reported on Monday.
SIEM REAP (Cambodia) - REGIONAL economics experts met in Cambodia on Monday to discuss strategies for coping with the global financial crisis, officials said.
Representatives from the 10-member Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) began talks a day ahead of a meeting of their economics ministers in the country's northwest tourist hub of Siem Reap.
JAKARTA - INDONESIAN police said the country's top graft-buster, Antasari Azhar, was a suspect in the murder of a businessman after he was questioned at a Jakarta police station on Monday.
The scandal has dealt a blow to the reputation of the Corruption Eradication Agency, or KPK, which has been at the forefront of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's efforts to crack down on graft and attract foreign investment.
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA said on Monday its exports of 'halal' goods will defy the economic downturn and surge to US$900 million (S$1.33 billion) this year, up 40 percent from two years ago.
