A day in Malaysia begins with a copy of Utusan Malaysia. If you are new to Malaysia, it is interesting to know that the Utusan Malaysia is a Malay newspaper, established in Singapore in 1939. The main purpose was to empower the Jawi, the Arabic speaking Malay community in the erstwhile British Malaya. It is the largest selling Malay daily today. The word Malay comes from the name of a river, near the Batang Hari River in Sumatra.
Utusan Malaysia is owned and published by the Utusan Group. The headquarters of Utusan Malaysia are in Kuala Lumpur. Utusan Malaysia has its own online service called Utusan Malaysia online. It is the largest circulated daily in Malaysia and it enjoys great support of the Malaysians. However, people do criticize it as a mouthpiece of the Barisan Nasional, the ruling government. The adopted Malay language is a mix of the original Malay and Indonesian language. Utusan Malaysia is the national surat khabar or newspaper.





