Remembering Said Zahari

Said Zahari

17-Apr-16 10:00

Said Zahari was Utusan Melayu's former chief editor who protested against UMNO's takeover of the national newspaper in 1961. A celebrated activist, long-time political prisoner and poet - he is one of the country's notable icons for press freedom. In light of his passing this week, we will look back at the context of his time as well as revisiting an interview we did with him in 2014.

Here are the segments of the episode:

1:27 - Asia Calling 1 - Afghanistan sets up a drug rehabilitation camp

7:56 - Asia Calling 2 - Indonesia thinks of a creative solution to the war against drugs

16:09 - Remembering Said Zahari

This episode was produced by Aziff Azuddin, Sharyl Kaur and Muhammad Haniff Baharudin.

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