Evening Edition

Lately, a few incidents relating to stolen creative work have surfaced. The most recent one involved illustrator Lai Theng Seng, who shared a post about seeing his artwork on a window display at a shopping mall. We dissect how much protection artists and creatives have in Malaysia.

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Nagaenthran Dharmalingam is scheduled to be executed in Singapore next week despite calls to reconsider as he suffers from intellectual impairment. We discuss what more we can do to stop this.

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Netflix has been losing out on their subscribers, amidst news of rising subscription costs and cancelling popular shows. We look to Twitter for reactions.

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There's been a rise in the usage of micro-mobility vehicles (or what we typically know as e-Scooters) on the road lately. Transport minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong has announced that the government will introduce a by-law to regulate the use of these vehicles. We discuss what this legislation might look like, and how it would affect the sale of these vehicles, as well as road safety overall.

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A riot broke out at a temporary immigration detention centre in Kedah, leading to 528 detainees escaping the facility and 6 deaths. We discuss the conditions at the detention centres as well as some of the larger issues that might have led up to the riot.

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The Education Ministry has recently issued a circular phasing out the usage of workbooks in the classrooms. We speak to a primary school teacher to hear her thoughts while discussing the benefits of going without workbooks and what future classrooms might look like without them.

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Flights to East Malaysia have gone up drastically as Malaysia started opening it's borders. We dissect the factors at play here as well as what goes into determining airfare prices.

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A video of a man refusing to wear a mask and swearing at a security guard has recently gone viral. Needless to say, people weren't amused. We look to twitter for the reactions.

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With Malaysia's borders opened, more foreign vehicles have been driving in from our neighboring countries. This has contributed to reports that they've been filling up on subsidized RON95 petrol. We take a look at how prevalent this issue is and it's larger economic impact.

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How often do you clear your email inbox? According to The Good Planet, nearly 107 billion spam emails were sent and received per day back in 2019 and if everybody deleted 10 emails, we could potentially save around 55.2 million kilowatts of power. We look to twitter for the reactions.

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