The stories shaping Malaysia, in focus.
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While parliamentary focus on 93,000 autistic children dominates debate, Malaysia faces a vastly larger crisis: more than 850,000 children with disabilities remain unregistered and underserved, from learning disorders to ADHD, according to disability advocates.
Authorities have apprehended a pair of 19-year-old college students in connection with the death of a newborn girl discovered in a Kluang house. The couple is assisting police investigations.
French authorities have opened a murder investigation following the discovery of remains belonging to five infants at a residence in Orange. The findings emerged after a woman delivered a healthy baby at hospital.
Three-year-old Aulia Sofea Ahmad Shafiq, the lone survivor of a June crash in Sungai Petani that killed six family members, continues her steady recovery under her aunt's care. The Raja Muda of Kedah recently visited the child at her home in Bertam.
Malaysia's Social Welfare Department has instructed a Langkawi kindergarten to temporarily halt operations as police investigate allegations of child neglect, including claims children were made to sleep on floors and confined in toilets.
Authorities have opened a criminal inquiry into a childcare centre in Kuah, Langkawi, following serious allegations that staff deprived young children of food and confined them to a toilet.
A supermarket saleswoman has been charged with murdering her newborn child in Subang Jaya. The case marks another tragic incident involving infanticide in the Selangor region.
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Malaysia's Social Welfare Department has strongly cautioned the public against publishing children's identities on social media, warning of legal consequences and long-term psychological damage following a recent school-related viral incident.
At a Kota Kinabalu coroner's inquest, the mother of the late Zara Qairinah Mahathir told the court she regretted her decision to send her daughter to SMKA Tun Datu Mustapha, an Islamic religious secondary school.