Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Mrs Lee will host Anwar and his wife for tea.

The stamp duty was lowered to 0.10% from 0.15% of contract value, subject to a maximum cap of RM1,000 ($289.61) per contract.

"It's like King Lear with Cordelia looking at the stage and you learn from the strengths and weaknesses of your foes"

These are some of the challenges that Anwar and his government will confront in the months ahead.

Anwar will be sworn in at 5pm.

SINGAPORE (Sept 13): Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, has pleaded not guilty to two charges under Malaysia’s anti-money laundering act, for receiving RM4.3 million ($1.4 million) and RM5.2 million from former prime minister Najib Razak.

SINGAPORE (June 12): Anwar Ibrahim, the de facto leader of Pakatan Harapan (PH), says that the new administration will be investigating all of the previous Barisan Nasional (BN) government’s “dubious” investments.

SINGAPORE (May 21): Anwar Ibrahim has been pardoned and released from prison. Lim Guan Eng has been appointed Minister of Finance, subject to the clearing of graft charges against him. The Auditor-General’s report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has

(May 15): Mahathir Mohamad said he may stay on as Malaysia’s prime minister for “one or two years,” after earlier agreeing to step aside for jailed coalition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

(May 10): Only 24 hours ago I was lamenting the Malaysian political system’s incapability to self-correct after a plunder as brazen as the alleged US$4.5 billion ($6 billion) looting of 1MDB, a state investment firm. The voters proved me wrong.