Current Affairs

After a long drawn out legal battle, the Malaysian government finally recognised 3 stateless children as citizens of the country. The decision came just before their cases were to be heard by the Federal Court, effectively resolving their cases. While it’s a happy ending for the children and families involved, what of the many other children facing the same predicament? Lawyer Raymond Mah, who represented some of the applicants, speaks to us about the state of play involving the law on stateless children.

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Today 15th February, marks the final day for the three-week extension of government funding that President Trump approved on January 25th.

To help fill in the blanks on what’s been happening over the past three weeks, we have Kathrynn Dunn Tenpas, Non-Resident Senior Fellow of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.

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Indira Gandhi's court challenge of the unilateral conversion of her child has been a long saga. Finally, she has won her case but her 11-year-old is still with her husband. An arrest warrant has been issued for him back in 2014, and five years on, her missing daughter has still not been found. We speak to Indira Gandhi today about the status of the search of her missing daughter, Prasana Diksa.

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We speak to Amir Fareed of KRA Group to discuss the issue of the seven former Umno MPs jumping ship to Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia. Amir gives his insights on the benefits and drawback of this move and how this could affect Pakatan Harapan moving forward.

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Guy Raz has a storied career in radio journalism. At the age of 25, he was named the host of National Public Radio’s Berlin Bureau Chief. He then went on to be a Jerusalem correspondent, a defence correspondent and a Pentagon reporter, reporting from over 40 countries, including Iraq and Afghanistan. Most know him today as the hosts of popular NPR podcasts, "Ted Radio Hour" and "How I Built This". Shazana Mokhtar speaks to Guy about his career and what he has learned from having interviewed thousands of people over the years. He also lends insight into the craft of audio storytelling and the future of media.

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The New Economic Action Council has been recently formed - comprising ministers and business leaders. They have been tasked with tackling the economy and arrest the rising cost of living. One of the more striking reactions to the council came from A. Kadir Jasin, the former chief editor of the New Straits Times group. He said it shows the Prime Minister considers his administration’s machinery ineffectual in handling key issues. We speak to Terence Gomez, Professor of Political Economy at Universiti Malaya for his take on the new EAC.

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Since we covered the story about how the Inland Revenue Board was going to knock on doors of those who have foreign bank accounts that have income source from Malaysia, we’ve received many tweets and text messages asking us for some clarification. To help us break down this issue, we spoke to tax expert and Chairman of Axcelasia Inc, Veerinderjeet Singh.

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00:12 - Seven former UMNO MPs have switched over to Bersatu.

03:01 - The French lawyers engaged by SUARAM to file a legal challenge in France over possible corruption in the Scorpene deal concluded a 3-day visit to Malaysia yesterday.

06:41 - According to Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng the TRX project had been ‘detoxified’. What does this mean?

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We speak to constitutional lawyer New Sin Yew and discuss the context behind the Court of Appeal's decision to allow former Prime Minister, Najib Razak to postpone his much anticipated trial.

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Today, February 11th, marks the International Day for Women and Girls in Science. Given that the jobs of the future will be driven by technology and innovation, it’s important to bridge the gender gap in STEM-related fields and encourage women’s participation in science.

We speak to Dr Chai about the state of affairs for women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related fields.

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