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The Judicial Appointments Commission was established based on the Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2009 (Act 695) following a crisis of confidence in the bench. Today Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Datuk Mah Weng Kwai, Member of Judicial Appointments Commission.

In the number and quality of dissenting judgments is one measure of the quality of our judiciary. What are the indicators of the health of the Bench? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Datuk Mah Weng Kwai, Member of Judicial Appointments Commission.

How does the judiciary strengthen itself? Is diversity part of the answer? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Datuk Mah Weng Kwai, Member of Judicial Appointments Commission.

Universal Health Care is the starting point of ensuring that Malaysians develop resilience in the outbreaks of disease. Currently, we spend less the 5 percent of our GDP when it ought to be around 10 percent. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Dr Khor Swee Kheng, physician and global health expert, currently based at Oxford University.

While COVID-19 is not yet a pandemic but rather a health crisis of international concern, there are lessons to learn for the future. Dr Khor Swee Kheng, physician and global health expert, currently based at Oxford University, explains that a range of experts, in a "all-of-science" approach might be what we need. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to him.

Can the fear that populations express at the mention of an epidemic be harnessed for good? Perhaps, if we keep a balance between new good habits and alarm. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Dr Khor Swee Kheng, physician and global health expert, currently based at Oxford University.

A recent act of censorship of art has put the National Art Gallery (Balai Seni Negara) under increasing scrutiny. Competence and transparency of this state-funded institution is now in question. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Kathy Rowland, Managing Editor of ArtsEquator.com, an online magazine on art and culture, for the broader context this incident.

Multiple Oscar winning South Korean film Parasite puts the Asian nation's cultural policy in the spotlight again. But was this more a case of quiet genius of one man? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan ponder the question.

Recent remark by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, calling for US President Donald Trump's resignation earned a quick rebuke from the US Embassy. Coming after remarks about Indian domestic affairs that strained relations with the Asian giant, questions have been raised about the trust of the government’s approach to foreign affairs. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Oh Ei Sun, Fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and Bunn Nagara, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies.

Reforming Malaysia’s electoral system will create a level playing field for all political parties. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman, chairman of the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) about the need to engage voters, political parties, and the government, in order to see these reforms through.