[5][nb 5] In 1966, Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated purchased a land in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia to build its Malaysian bureau.
[13] In May 1971, Aw Kow (Chinese: 胡蛟), the eldest son of the late Aw Boon Haw, also resigned as the director of Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated as well as managing director (Chinese: 社長) of Sin Chew Jit Poh.
[17] Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated made a press release in May 1971, declaring that they have no relation with Eastern Sun.
[6][15] Despite Star News itself was not affected, in that year saw the closure of Eastern Sun, the arrest of the chairman of Nanyang Siang Pau Press, as well as other event regarding newspaper.
Ironically, despite accused of connection to the People's Republic of China that affect Singapore's internal securities, Aw Kow was never charged and jailed.
Nevertheless, the Malaysia editions were also sold to a Malaysian businessman Lim Kheng Kim (Chinese: 林庆金) in 1982, which the publisher of the editions was known as "Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated (Malaysia) Sendirian Berhad",[29] which currently became part of Media Chinese International Limited (MCIL) since 2008.