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Top 5 at 5: The Future of Wildlife

Wong Siew Lyn, Co-founder, Macaranga

14-Nov-24 17:00

Top 5 at 5: The Future of Wildlife

The courts have ruled that under the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010, individuals found in possession of parts of threatened protected wildlife will be fined a minimum of RM150,000 per part of the animal to reflect the severity of the crime. We speak to Wong Siew Lyn co-founder of Macaranga for her thoughts on the impact of this ruling for the future of Malaysia's fight against wildlife trafficking and the role that enforcement agencies, the government, and the general public can play in protecting wildlife.

Other stories we covered today:

· Prices of medication to be displayed: By next year, private healthcare facilities will be required to display prices of medicines as part of the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 as announced by Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad in Parliament earlier this week. We reached out to Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh, President of the Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia and Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO of the Galen Centre for their thoughts on the implementation of this mandate and how it would affect both private facilities and the patients' experience in said facilities.

· Ipoh primary schools to learn Doughnut Economics: The Ipoh City Council has announced that doughnut economics will be taught to primary school students to create awareness of sustainable economics models and how to take care of the planet. Maisarah Faiesall, Head of Policy, Strategy and Advocacy at Sunway’s Centre for Planetary Health, weighs in on this program and how significant it is to the state's aspiration for Ipoh to be a Doughnut City in 2027.

· Clemency petition for paralysed inmate: Advocates have launched a clemency petition for paralysed inmate, Thanakorn Sinsanoi, a 33-year-old Thai transwomen who after contracting tuberculosis twice, recently became paralysed from the neck down. We reached out to Dobby Chew, CEO of Hayat, to share updates Thanakorn's condition and his insight on inmates who face chronic health issues in prison face difficulty in receiving care.

· Popek Popek Parlimen: Today's session involved a discussion on the government's decision on whether to amend or abolish the Sedition Act as well as the recent case of abuse at Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM). Finally, PAS's Pasir Mas MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari spoke about Malaysia's stance to expel expel Israel from the United Nation and the comments made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in a recent CNN interview about this.

Image Credit: Ng Chun Kiong

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann, Sudais Ferhard, Alia Zefri, Alena Nadia, Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharaad Kuttan


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Categories:  governmentpoliticsinternationalenvironmentLaw/Activismcontroversieseconomyeducationhealth policy

Tags:  private healthcare facilitiesIpoh City CouncilDoughnut Economicschronic health issuesmacarangawildlife conservation act 2010prison systempopek popek parlimen





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