Thousands of Malaysians gathered in a stadium outside Kuala Lumpur to protest the May 5 election results, which they claim are fraudulent, Al Jazeera reported May 8.

Malaysia's ruling National Front coalition retained its 56-year hold on power by winning a simple majority of 112 seats in the 222-seat national parliament in polls May 5, the country's Election Commission said, AFP reported.

Members of the Royal Sulu Army, a Filipino group whose takeover of a village in Sabah state led to clashes with security forces that have killed 56 Filipinos and nine Malaysian security personnel, will not be allowed to meet with officials from the Philippines, Malaysia's foreign minister said March 13, AP reported.

Malaysian authorities on March 7 rejected a call for a cease-fire by the Royal Sulu Army militant group, AP reported.

Nearly 300 Filipinos have fled from Malaysia's Sabah state to Mindanao in the Philippines as conflict goes on between the Royal Sulu Army militant group and Malaysian security forces in Sabah, Xinhua reported March 6.

Indonesia has evacuated more than 600 of its citizens who were working in a palm oil plantation in Malaysia's Sabah state, Xinhua reported March 6.

A leader of the armed Filipino group Royal Sulu Army said March 5 that Malaysian security forces are using air and ground assets in a full-scale offensive against the group in Sabah, Xinhua reported.