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Top 5 at 5: The Earthquake That Shook Segamat

Goh Thian Lai, Senior Lecturer, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

25-Aug-25 17:00

Top 5 at 5: The Earthquake That Shook Segamat

Following a 4.1 magnitude earthquake in Segamat, Johor, we speak to Goh Thian Lai, a senior lecturer at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, about what happened, and the country's preparedness in dealing with earthquakes.

Other stories we covered:

• Would a standalone Law Ministry work?: Speaking at the ASEAN Law Summit last week, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said a standalone ministry would improve Malaysia’s role in regional legal cooperation and bring ASEAN closer to its 2045 vision. We hear from AG Kalidas, former President of the Malaysian Bar Council, for his thoughts.
• UN declares famine in Gaza: The UN's Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has now declared the famine in Gaza as "catastrophic". We reached out to Saul Takahashi, Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Hashim Sani Centre for Palestine Studies of Universiti Malaya about the significance of this declaration.
• Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day: August 25 marks eight years since the start of the Rohingya genocide which saw attacks by Myanmar’s military junta, forcing over 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh. We speak to Sharifah Shakira, Founder & Executive Director of the Rohingya Women Development Network organization about an event commemorating the day.
• Lights out in Petaling Jaya: A sudden power outage struck several neighbourhoods including Kelana Jaya, Ara Damansara, Kota Damansara, and Bandar Utama - even affecting our transmission at BFM! We discuss the aftermath and hear your stories of blackouts.

Image Credit: Bernama

Produced by: Alia Zefri, Sudais Ferhard, Dashran Yohan, Sneha Harikannan, Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Sharaad Kuttan, Dashran Yohan


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Categories:  controversiesinternationalLaw/Activismpoliticsgovernment

Tags:  petaling jayapower outagerohingyaungazafamineministrylawjohor bahruearthquake





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