KUANTAN, Oct 18 — The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) is ready to deploy 16,612 personnel including 782 officers as soon as floods occur, especially at the 5,496 hotspots identified throughout the country, said Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

BANGKOK, Aug 31 — Thailand and Malaysia will strengthen cooperation on defence industry as well as border security, said Thai acting Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan.

BANGKOK, Aug 30 — Malaysia and Thailand are committed to strengthening existing friendly bilateral relations in various fields, especially in the post-Covid-19 phase.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 17 — The Cabinet today agreed in principle that the littoral combat ship (LCS) project forensic audit report be made public, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — The proposal to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate the construction of the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) project for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) will be presented to the Cabinet tomorrow (August 17).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 — Malaysia and Indonesia deepened their defence cooperation with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today encompassing five main scopes.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 — The Ministry of Defence will comply with all the recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in continuing with the procurements under the littoral combat ship (LCS) project.

SINGAPORE, June 11 — Food insecurity is one of the four common challenges that also necessitates security cooperation, says Malaysia’s Senior Minister of Defence Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

SINGAPORE, June 11 — Top officials from Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Britain said on Saturday that their 51-year-old Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) pact was solid, relevant and crucial to managing rising tensions in the region.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Malaysia and Thailand have agreed to prevent non-traditional security threats along the borders by strengthening information and intelligence exchange among border agencies.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — A set of standard operating procedures (SOP) and nine guidelines will be implemented in the Transition to Endemic Phase which is to begin on April 1.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 — The Foreign Ministry and the Transport Ministry are looking at potential foreign countries to be included in the list of Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) from time to time.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, who underwent isolation at the Tuanku Mizan Armed Forces Hospital (HAT) after being confirmed positive for Covid-19, was allowed to leave this afternoon.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein is confirmed positive with Covid-19.

BUTTERWORTH, Feb 10 — The reopening of the country's borders is not an easy issue to decide on as it involves various ministries and needs to be discussed by the Cabinet first, says Senior Defense Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the country's borders would only be reopened after discussion with the Health Ministry, Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry as well as the Immigration Department.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — The timing for implementing the transition to the endemic phase will be decided by the Special Committee on Covid-19 Pandemic Management (JKKPP), said Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Security threats along the national borders and vast territorial waters require strong cooperation with other countries especially Asean neighbours through defence diplomacy to protect its sovereignty, said Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — A briefing to decide the actual date for the country's transition to the endemic phase will be held next week during the Covid-19 quartet ministerial meeting.

TAWAU, Jan 14 — The Defence Ministers of three countries, namely Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, will meet on January 27 to discuss efforts to strengthen the Trilateral Cooperative Arrangement (TCA) to boost security in the Sulu Sea, Sulawesi, and Sabah’s east coast.