r/malaysia • • 22h ago

Others Sari Kartina, the first known Malay Muslim transgender woman to have successfully married under Johor syariah law back in 1975, has passed away last August this year in Netherlands

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Basically, she had undergone sex-reassignment surgeries in Singapore's Kandang Kerbau Hospital by Dr. S.S. Ratnam in 1974, after encouragement from her first husband (then fiance). Before she met her first husband, she has been living as a female after her teenage years despite being born as a male. Before she undergone the surgery, she even seek religious opinion from Singapore's mufti, who certify she is a woman. In 1975, when she want to marry with her first husband in Johor, her father told the Johor deputy mufti about her background during her nikah ceremony, and after much deliberation with other religious scholars, the Johor deputy mufti concluded that Sari Kartina has in fact became a female and her marriage was legally solemnised and registered under Johor shariah law. After her marriage, she also successfully changed her gender marker in her IC with JPN, which now recognised her as a female.


r/malaysia • • 8h ago

Politics Konvoi Selamatkan Palestin, Terengganu

495 Upvotes

r/malaysia • • 13h ago

Mildly interesting Times are changing. Instead of Malaysian Boomers or Gen-X complaining about Millennials being snowflakes, now we have Malaysian Millenials roasting Gen-Z being Strawberries. Sigh.

368 Upvotes

r/malaysia • • 22h ago

Others UM student who questioned Najib donations faces online harassment, threats

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r/malaysia • • 23h ago

Mildly interesting Explosions at TNB JB, Part of Johor electric outage

187 Upvotes

TNB mengesahkan kejadian kebakaran di Pencawang Masuk Utama (PMU) Kangkar Tebrau di sini, yang menyebabkan gangguan bekalan elektrik di beberapa kawasan sekitar Johor Jaya.


r/malaysia • • 6h ago

Politics Dear Malaysians,

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As an Indonesian, i am truly sorry for the Haze that spread throughout Malaysia and Singapore even philippines.

this is entirely Prabowo's fault and ignorance that the fire went uncontrollable and spreading haze all over ASEAN countries. while the forest fire is still at large, Prabowo shrugs it off and went on a honeymoon with his assistant Teddy to russia and boasted all of his half-baked policies that brings more harm to the economy.

it is rumored that the forest fire was burned out of intentions from palm oil corporations and Kalimantan's oligarch Haji Isam who is under the heat for his scummy and evil practice in business. that is why prabowo won't bother on extinguishing the fire which is now spread to jakarta and other indonesian cities.

Prabowo, on the other hand, instead of declaring national emergency status, he goes on many events just to boast his free meal policies that poisoned ten thousand of school childrens.

To add more salt to the wound, whoever tries to post or critique the president anything about kalimantan fire, the minister of communications literally deletes it immediately. while influencers or anyone who criticize it will receive numerous phone calls from unknown number or even whatsapp chat threatening their families if their post is not deleted.

sorry for bad english


r/malaysia • • 4h ago

Food I mapped KL's cafés. Here's what the reviews don't tell you.

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I was trying to find cafés to work from around KL.

I ended up mapping them and using AI to read a sample of their Google reviews. These are my maps and charts, from an October 2026 snapshot.

A few things that might help with your next café trip:

- Specialty cafés cluster around Bangsar: 491 of the 824 I found are within 10 km of it, measured in a straight line. The first map shows the places further out too.

- Parking comes up a lot in Bangsar and KLCC. Among cafés whose sampled reviews mention parking, about 7 in 10 in those two areas have complaints. That's 20 of 29 in Bangsar and 14 of 20 in KLCC.

- The median closing time for specialty cafés with listed Wednesday hours is 7 PM. Worth checking before planning an evening there; other cafés tend to stay open later.

- Reviews are surprisingly unhelpful about the work setup. Of the 8,490 cafés whose reviews I read, only 502 mention wifi and 506 mention plugs. No mention doesn't mean the café has neither.

- The median coffee price mentioned for 219 specialty cafés is RM12, with the middle half between RM10 and RM15. These are reviewers' prices, so check the current menu.

How I made it: I started with about 25,000 Google Maps listings around the Klang Valley, then filtered to 11,410 cafés. I read 119,942 reviews across 8,490 of those cafés, about 14 per place: the ones Google showed first, not every review. The map includes 824 cafés classified as specialty. The chain charts use the wider listing set; the search charts use Google's estimates for Malaysia as a whole.

It's a snapshot, not a complete census or a ranking of the best cafés. Small differences can be noise, and listed hours can change.

What's the one thing you wish you could know before choosing a café: parking, noise, plugs, or whether you can stay a while? And which café outside the usual Bangsar/PJ spots deserves a look?


r/malaysia • • 1h ago

Mildly interesting Ops JPJ Kota Bharu, Ramai² Mat Rempit kena tolak motor

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Ayoh, tolong bayo Saman 🤣


r/malaysia • • 7h ago

Religion Nik Nazmi confirms detained by Jais for alleged khalwat

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r/malaysia • • 21h ago

Science/ Technology Malaysia unveils six homegrown chips worth RM300m as it shifts from making to designing semiconductors

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r/malaysia • • 28m ago

Mildly interesting Uncle Guard of Klink Kesihatan Seri Kembangan

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channelride

Uncle guard dkt Klinik Kesihatan Seri Kembangan. Uncle guard ni peramah dan suka bantu org terutama org yang lebih tua dari dia.

faisalivestrong

Pemandangan harian uncle ni di klinik Kesihatan Seri Kembangan

_mentegakacang

yessss uncle ni sangat baik dan peramah. waktu saya dtg KK kat sini sebab foot fracture dia assist saya siap bawak wheelchair untuk saya

neeysaaa.s

Uncle ni baik. Pakcik yang jual kat tepi tu pun baik. Selalu tutup seat moto parking kat situ dengan kotak2 dia.

iffaaah_

uncle ni nama uncle nathan. memang memang baik saya duduk dekat kuarters tuu uncle memang baik. baik sangat sangat

anna_hisham

Betul tu,uncle guard ni mmg baik. setiap kali sy hantar emak sy,mmg sy akan tgk uncle ni tolong org, ringan tulang.

nazihahahaa_

Setuju! Uncle ni baik, selalu bantu orang. Thankyou uncle sebab haritu uncle bantu saya dan anak saya.

Need to charge some positive energy

Always get 5 ⭐


r/malaysia • • 2h ago

Politics BERSAMA suspends Nik Nazmi from all official party activities for 3 months

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92 Upvotes

r/malaysia • • 11h ago

Culture The Johor Malay, Selangor Malay, and Kuala Lumpur Malay sentence for "What did you learn when you were in Penang?".

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77 Upvotes

r/malaysia • • 12h ago

Satire You cant park there sir.

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63 Upvotes

Couple of drunktard this early morning. Location Pandan Indah in front of Petronas.


r/malaysia • • 9h ago

Economy & Finance Malaysia’s shoppers love Chinese e-commerce. Its factories pay the price

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Pinduoduo’s arrival has thrilled bargain hunters, but direct shipments from China are pricing out local firms and choking landfills


r/malaysia • • 19h ago

Entertainment "SAYANG SAYANG" Official Trailer. Scheduled To Be Released on November 5, 2026

59 Upvotes

Directed by Tang Hsiang-Chu

Starring Amir Ahnaf, Farah Ahmad, Khir Rahman, Mhia Farhana, Ong Ai Leng, Johnathan Lee, Jo Kukathas, Lee Lee-Zen and Tang Yung-Hsu.

Receiving 5 nominee on 63rd Golden Horse Awards.


r/malaysia • • 7h ago

Education What happens if Indonesia stops sending us oxygen?

55 Upvotes

r/malaysia • • 3h ago

Others Motorists say RON95 wrecked their engines, and Selangor is now investigating seven petrol stations over watery fuel claims

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r/malaysia • • 21h ago

Mildly interesting Anyone seen this car before? 💀

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41 Upvotes

Saw this in JB lmao.


r/malaysia • • 2h ago

Politics Classic The other Subreddit

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hi mods ?


r/malaysia • • 9h ago

Science/ Technology Tesla Roadster now open for reservations in Malaysia – RM21k upfront followed by RM182k or RM988k in 10 days

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Tesla has yet to announce how much any of the three Roadster versions will cost, in Malaysia or elsewhere. The Malaysian amounts work out to roughly the same as the reservations in the US, where it’s US$50,000 for the Performance and US$250,000 for the Thrust.


r/malaysia • • 11h ago

Environment Kabur Lumpur. KL is slowly disappearing behind a wall of haze.

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IQAir | 17 Oct, 7 am

Jalan U Thant: AQI 219 | PM2.5 144 µg/m³

Bangsar: AQI 245 | PM2.5 170 µg/m³


r/malaysia • • 4h ago

Politics Nik Nazmi admits being detained for khalwat, apologises to wife, Bersama

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r/malaysia • • 2h ago

Economy & Finance 10 complaints lodged over suspected water-mixed RON95 petrol in Selangor

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r/malaysia • • 21m ago

Health First attempt at a crbox (DIY Air Purifier)

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This fan doesn’t have enough static pressure, a better one is on its way