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Top 5 At 5: Will Calls For Justice Be Heard?

Zaid Malek, Director, Lawyers For Liberty

15-Aug-24 17:00

Top 5 At 5: Will Calls For Justice Be Heard?

The stories we covered today:

5. North Korea is reopening its borders to foreign tourists, at least, according to two China-based travel agencies. Dr. Hoo Chiew Ping, Co-Founder of the East Asia and International Relations Caucus, weighs in on the implication of this.

4. Thailand's courts have dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, after they found him guilty for breaching ethics by appointing a cabinet member who had served time in jail. This comes only a week after the dissolution of the Moving Forward Party. So we look at the political implications of the ruling with Dr Greg Raymond, senior lecturer at Australian National University.

3. An illegal e-waste syndicate worth millions of ringgit has been busted after a series of police raids were conducted earlier this month several states in the country. We speak to Wong Pui Yi, a research consultant with the Basel Action Network, on why we're always the victim when it comes to waste dumping, and what enforcement we have to stop this from happening.

2. Datuk Seri Paduka Dr. Maimunah Mohd Sharif has been appointed the new KL mayor, making her the first woman to be appointed the role. We talk about what she's promised and delve briefly into her background before she joined politics.

1. Lawyers For Liberty has released a dashcam footage showing the assault of deaf Grab driver Ong Ing Keong, due to the lack of police action in bringing the perpetrators to justice. We speak to Zaid Malek, Director at Lawyers For Liberty on the development of the case.

Image credit: Atfie SahidMY, Shutterstock

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

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharaad Kuttan


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