1.  The Malaysian state of Sabah and Papua New Guinea are two areas where the practice is common, the report says.

2.  Oil palm growers in the Malaysian state of Sabah are taking advantage of a loophole in conservation law to threaten the habitat of proboscis monkeys.

3.  Companies based in the eastern Malaysian state of Sarawak have been a special favorite this year.

4.  He still owns vast tracts of sugar plantations in the Malaysian state of Perlis.

5.  Johor is the south Malaysian state nearest Singapore, where Renong is developing a new town called Gelang Petah.

6.  Misuari and six others were captured early Saturday on an island off the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah.

7.  The Malaysian state of Sarawak has declared a state of emergency, closing schools and factories, and tourism arrivals have declined.

8.  The Malaysian state of Sarawak has formed a joint venture with an American company to conduct clinical trials of an AIDS drug discovered there.

9.  The reduced expenditure comes amid a slowing economy and deferment of major construction projects such as the Bakun Dam project in the eastern Malaysian state of Sarawak.

10.  Phase one of the service will be launched by the end of September in the eastern Malaysian state of Sarawak.