Before the formation of Malaysian Federation, the Philippines claimed that the Malaysian state of Sabah in north Borneo is within their territorial rights based on historical facts of the Sultanate of Sulu's leasing agreement with the North Borneo Company, is presently an unresolved claim against Malaysia.

Malaysia's legal system is based on English Common Law, alongside a Sharia court system for Malaysian Muslims.

Race plays a large role in Malaysian politics, and many Malaysian political parties are ethnically based.

The parang was a Malaysian knife that many machetes are based on.

Similarly in Malaysia, the Malaysian legal system is based on the English common law.

* Suatu Ketika ... Soldadu Merah ( Once Upon A Time ... Red Soldier ), an 8 episode Malaysian TV drama series based on the Japanese Red Army attack in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1975.

Admission to public universities was not based upon a common examination such as the SAT or A-Levels, but rather upon a two parallel systems of either an one-year matriculation course or a two-year STPM ( Malaysian Higher School Certificate ) programme.

Theoretically, English as spoken in Malaysia is based on British English and called Malaysian English.

Despite being traditionally based on British English, Malaysian English has, in recent decades, been strongly influenced by American English.

In Malaysian education, written English is based on British English but most of the students speak in an American / local accent.

Typically, for words or phrases that are based on other English words, the Malaysian English speaker may be unaware that the word or phrase is not present in British or American English.

JARING ( Jaring Communications Sdn Bhd ) is a Malaysian internet service provider based in Technology Park Malaysia ( TPM ).

Joy of a Toy established Ayers as a unique talent with music that varied from the circus march of the title cut to the pastoral " Girl on a Swing ," and the ominous " Oleh Oleh Bandu Bandong ", based on a Malaysian folksong.

The party's vision is to establish a peaceful and prosperous social democracy that can unite its disparate races and diverse religions and cultures based on a Malaysian Malaysia concept of forging a Malaysian race grounded on universal moral values, offering equal access and opportunity, upholding democratic governance and the rule of law, creating wealth and distributing it equitably and fighting corruption.

The party was joined by the Democratic Action Party ( DAP ), the Malaysian People's Party ( PRM ) and the Malaysian Islamic Party ( PAS ) in a broad based electoral alliance known as Barisan Alternatif ( Alternative Front ) to take on the ruling Barisan Nasional ( National Front ) coalition in the 1999 general elections.

Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia ( Malaysian Scouting Association, PPM ) is an organisation for boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 17, based in Malaysia.

The Proton Tiara is a Malaysian automobile based on the Citroën AX, built under licence by the automobile manufacturer Proton between 1996 and 2000.

* WZT-4-A PT-91M based variant for Malaysian Army ( technically this vehicle is closely related to MID-M )-6 vehicles

* MID-M-A PT-91M based variant for Malaysian Army-3 vehicles

The Malaysian Censorship Board on 4 March 2007 decided to ban Tsai's latest film shot in Malaysia, I Don't Want to Sleep Alone, based on 18 counts of incidents shown in the film depicting the country " in a bad light " for cultural, ethical, and racial reasons.

Yogi B, as part of Poetic Ammo, achieved success when they won at the Malaysian Anugerah Industri Muzik ( AIM )( Music Awards ) 1999, 2000 and 2001.

The Malaysian music scene was dominated by these poppy-sounding groups until 1995-1996, when Poetic Ammo, composed of Yogi B, Point Blanc, C. Loco & Land Slyde, came out with their classic album It's a Nice Day to Be Alive.

After bringing Rap music to the masses in 1992, they established their own record label creating the first Malaysian girl group Feminin and R & B crooners Indigo.

Team B was critical of Mahathir's policies, arguing that the Malaysian New Economic Policy ( NEP ) had failed to benefit the poor Malays.

Apart from revolutionizing the Malaysian music scene with their unique blend of pop, R & B and hip hop, they have successfully established their own entertainment company named KRU Studios specializing in the entertainment and media industry.

She has collaborated with many international artists such as American R & B singer-songwriter Keith Martin, British boy-band Blue, Ronan Keating, Norwegian band Fra Lippo Lippi, Indonesian R & B singer, Joeniar Arief, and Malaysian artists Too Phat, Noryn Aziz, Ferhad, and Hazami RX 93. 1 Awards also recognized her as the " OPM Female Artist Of The Decade ".

She also collaborated with Malaysian R & B artist, Ferhad for his single " What More "

" Hanggang Wakas " is a duet with Malaysian pop-R & B artist Hazami, who first wrote the song in Bahasa entitled “ Tekad ".

Ning Baizura binti Sheikh Hamzah ( born on 28 June 1975 ), popularly known as Ning, is a Malaysian pop and R & B singer, who records and sings in languages, including Bahasa Malaysia, English, Japanese, Italian, French, Mandarin and Cantonese.

* Analysis of some Malaysian dart poisons, Kopp B, Bauer WP and Bernkop-Schnurch A, Journal of Ethnopharmacology:.

* Innuendo ( band ), a Malaysian R & B trio

The first group in the peninsula to use metal tools, the Deutero-Malays were the direct ancestors of today's Malaysian Malays, and brought with them advanced farming techniques.

: The Malaysian government said the Iraqi people should decide how Saddam would be brought to justice on accusations of gross human rights violations.

Although a referendum sanctioned by the United Nations brought the part of North Borneo called Sabah into Malaysia in 1963, its status is disputed by the heirs of the Kiram branch as well as by the Philippine government ; meanwhile attempts to resolve the issue at the International Court of Justice is blocked by unwillingness of the Malaysian government.

Within two years, a share and proxy battle orchestrated by merchant bank Rothschild – which was also a part owner of Bumiputera Merchant Bankers – brought Sime Darby under Malaysian control and its headquarters shifted to Kuala Lumpur.

Born to a Malaysian Indian father, Chainchal Singh and a Chinese – Japanese mother, Gurmit was brought up as a Sikh, but converted to Christianity in 1985 under the inspiration of Reinhard Bonnke.

With his creditable past experience as the Head of Corporate and Treasury of Citibank Malaysia, he has brought his creditability and transforming the bank's working culture with new management team and experts from all over Malaysian financial institution especially from Citigroup, introducing new Credit Rating and Risk Management framework, centralizing the bank's approval center, revamping the bank's IT system and enhancing the bank's human capital intervention with the introduction of the bank's first Management Associates programme known as the BMAP.

Once production had been brought up to speed, the Proton Saga captured 73 % of the Malaysian passenger car market.

TV3 has brought some controversies to the Malaysian entertainment sphere, especially with the excessive advertisement space which lead to the anger of the audience.

Linguistically, there is a close connection between the terms for stir frying in Malaysian ( char ) and Khmer ( chhar ), a legacy of the early Chinese settlers who brought the techniques of both noodle making with rice as well as stir frying with them to the region.

The show, which was televised on TV3, brought together a squad of unknown football players selected at trials held around Malaysia to form a team to take on the Malaysian national football team in an pink-slip match.

The political developments which brought this second largest ISA swoop in Malaysian history since the May 13 riots, were sparked ostensibly by mounting political tensions having strong racial overtones.

A group called the Malaysian Association of Mosques Youth ( MAMY ) has brought a lawsuit against Sisters in Islam, contesting the use of the word " Islam " in the organization's name ; the suit is based on the technical argument that Sisters in Islam was registered as " SIS Forum " with the Registrar of Societies, and therefore has no legal title to the word " Islam ".