South East-Asia – Malaysia: South-East Asia competition law experiences major developments

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Like the global economy, competition law and policy is thriving in East Asia. Southeast Asia is particularly active in this area. Driven by regional levers such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (see S. Yon, "ASEAN issues competition guidelines", Concurrences n°4-2010), national competition laws are flourishing in many member countries. Malaysia is the latest Southeast Asian country to have its Competition Act 2010, which came into force in January 2012. A new national competition law in Malaysia In October 2011, a few weeks before the entry into force of the Malaysian law, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Japan Fair