The PAP’s Long and Bloody History of Foreign Interference
Singapore’s PAP government has long meddled in the domestic affairs of its neighbours. If the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act (FICA) appl…
Tag: Malaysia
Malaysia’s Drug Law Condemns Vulnerable Women to Death
Most women on death row in Malaysia have been sentenced under a strict drug trafficking law that fails to take their vulnerable socioeconomic realitie…
Growing Pains
Queer. Malay. Muslim. Growing up in Malaysia, I learned the hard way that this didn't have to be a contradiction.
Is Malaysia’s Parliament Dead?
Deborah Augustin speaks to Arveent Kathirtchelvan and Chong Yee Shan from Parti Sosialis Malaysia about the limitations of electoral politics and pote…
Duit Right: How to Fix Malaysian Political Financing
Political financing in Malaysia is privately-sourced and largely unregulated. Ensuring accountability and transparency is key for free and fair electi…
Why Malaysia’s COVID-19 Aid Isn’t Reaching Queer Communities
In this episode, Deborah Augustin speaks to Nisha Ayub and Connie Connor about the need for LGBTQIA+ specific mutual aid funds that are more gender-in…
The Quadruple Crisis in Malaysia – and Lessons For Singapore
Lim Wei Jiet, a human rights lawyer, speaks to PJ Thum and Sean Francis Han (Wake Up, Singapore) about the ongoing humanitarian and political crises i…
Why Some Malaysian Teachers Are Paying for Students’ Mobile Data
On this episode, Dayana Mustak speaks to Mazliza Mahmood, a teacher, and Chan Soon Seng, CEO of Teach for Malaysia. They talk about the educational al…
Undocumented and Unvaccinated: Malaysia’s Unequal Vaccine Rollout
Deborah Augustin speaks to Adrian Pereira from North South Initiative and Mohammed*, an undocumented migrant from Bangladesh, about how the Malaysian …
“We Are All Hartal”: Malaysian Contract Doctors to Strike
After years of job insecurity, government contract doctors in Malaysia have had enough. Hartal Doktor Kontrak, a nationwide movement, says that doctor…
