No other country's Civic got slower compared to the previous one, that medal goes to Pakistan only 
Malaysia has the most feature rich Civic. Almost has everything (including the keycard which is incorrectly being claimed as not available) except the useless sunroof. PKDM Civic is stripped to the bone. The only major feature it has is Honda Sensing (which every other region also offers).
Also, the 1.5 RS isn't even the top trim of Civic that Malaysia has, it's the 2.0L Hybrid one.