Hindu devotees light clay oil lamps while praying at a temple during the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, November 4, 2021. Diwali is one of Hinduism's most important festivals, dedicated to the worship of the goddess of wealth Lakshmi. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





A Indian man prays with lit coconut as an offering outside a temple during the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, November 4, 2021. Millions of people across Asia are celebrating the Hindu festival of Diwali, which symbolizes new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness. Millions of people across Asia are celebrating the Hindu festival of Diwali, which symbolizes new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness. The festival is celebrated mainly in India but Hindus across the world, particularly in other parts of Asia, also gather with family members and friends to socialize, visit temples and decorate houses with small oil lamps made from clay. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Hindu devotees pray at the Batu Caves temple during the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, November 4, 2021. Diwali is one of Hinduism's most important festivals, dedicated to the worship of the goddess of wealth Lakshmi. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





A girl arrives at Batu Caves temple for Diwali celebrations on November 04, 2021 in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. Deepavali, or Diwali, known as the festival of light, is celebrated by Hindu communities every autumn all over the world. As Malaysia gradually eases its COVID-19 restrictions, religious activities and prayers in temples are allowed only for fully-vaccinated individuals, with mask-wearing and social distancing measures in place. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)





A model presents a creation by Laguna during Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week 2021 in Kuala Lumpur on November 5, 2021. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)





Deforestation surrounds massive limestone quarries cut into the mountains of Ipoh, Perak state Malaysia, Friday, November 5, 2021. Deforestation affects the people and animals where trees are cut, as well as the wider world and in terms of climate change, and cutting trees both adds carbon dioxide to the air and removes the ability to absorb existing carbon dioxide. World leaders are gathered in Scotland at a United Nations climate summit, known as COP26, to push nations to ratchet up their efforts to curb climate change. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Activists attend a candlelight vigil against the impending execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin into Singapore, outside the Singaporean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, November 8, 2021. Singapore's High Court has halted the imminent execution of a Malaysian man believed to have a mental disability, amid pleas from the international community and rights groups. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





A wave of clouds roll in over the hills above Kuala Lumpur in the Genting Highland area in Malaysia, Wednesday, November 17, 2021. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Vendor Ah Har makes Cantonese style roasted pork and roasted chicken at her noodle store at China town in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, November 16, 2021. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





A woman casts her vote during a state election at a voting center in Malacca, Malaysia, Saturday, November 20, 2021. The Malaysian southern state of Malacca hold elections that will be a test for Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob's ethnic Malay party as it face-off against its allies in the government for the first time amid a widening rift. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





A motorcycle passing by a bridge with various of party flags at the outskirts of Melacca town, Malaysia, Saturday, November 20, 2021. Voters wearing masks are casting their ballots in a Malaysian state election that pits Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s Malay party against its allies in the government for the first time amid a widening rift. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Chua Pei Sze, center, and her two daughters wait at the Woodlands temporary bus interchange before boarding a bus that will transport them to Malaysia from Singapore Monday, November 29, 2021. Malaysians working in Singapore held joyful reunions with their loved ones after returning to their homeland Monday following the partial reopening of a land border that has been shuttered for nearly two years due to the pandemic. (Photo by Toh Ee Ming/AP Photo)





A bus driver sanitizes the interior of a bus before passengers' boarding at Larkin bus station in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Monday, November 29, 2021. Malaysia and Singapore partially reopen their borders Monday for fully vaccinated citizens and some others, after nearly two years of closure due to the pandemic that had stranded many Malaysians working in the neighboring city-state away from their families. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Passengers arrive from Singapore at Larkin bus station in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Monday, November 29, 2021. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Residents are trapped at their house as a road was flooded in Shah Alam, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, December 20, 2021. Rescue services on Monday worked to free thousands of people trapped by Malaysia's worst flooding in years after heavy rains stopped following more than three days of torrential downpours in the capital and around the country. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Residents check their car after water subsided outside their apartment in Shah Alam, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, December 20, 2021. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Residents wade through a flooded road in Shah Alam, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, December 20, 2021. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Residents are trapped at their house affected by a flood in Shah Alam, outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, December 20, 2021. (Photo by Vincent Thian/AP Photo)





Rescuers evacuate flood victims in Hulu Langat, Selangor, Malaysia, December 19, 2021. Thousands of people were evacuated as continuous heavy rain caused severe flooding in several parts of Malaysia, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said late on Saturday. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)