Evening Edition

Nur Sajat, the transgender cosmetics entrepreneur who was granted asylum in Australia after leaving Malaysia, has spoken up about her experience to the BBC and announced that she’ll be going on The Ellen Degeneres Show next January. We talk about this story, as well as how other notable whistleblowers have used international platforms to talk about difficult issues relating to their countries.

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KLWKND is happening starting tomorrow, with a series of arts and cultural programmes happening in downtown KL, as part of the Art in the City programme by CENDANA. We speak with Joe Sidek about the current state of the arts industry, and what people can look forward to at the festival.

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A TV series about Jho Low is in the works! Based on the novel 'Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World' by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, SK Global and Michelle Yeoh have signed on as producers. We have a chat about this.

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In today's roundup of the Dewan Rakyat, we talk about government efforts to attract more youth into the agricultural sector, doing more to combat sexual grooming, addressing the inhumane treatment of unvaccinated teachers and finally, upholding lawmakers' rights to speak freely in Parliament.

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A video on Tiktok showing a lady not being allowed to board her plane due to her MySejahtera checkout history is going viral. Is it time to update how we checkout from premises on MySejahtera? We dive in.

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In today's Dewan Rakyat round up, we look at the Foreign Affairs Ministry's plans to foster cultural diplomacy, creating work opportunities for former inmates, and questions around the approval of Sinovac for booster shots.

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The Prime Minister has announced that the federal government will compensate states that maintain their forest reserves. We discuss what goes into this decision.

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Highlights from today's Dewan Rakyat session included discussions on Malaysia's foreign relations with Afghanistan under Taliban rule, and calls for Petronas to present its financial reports to Parliament. During today's Budget 2022 debate at the committee stage, MPs also raised topics including rewards for former Prime Ministers, the Attorney General's accountability, and SOPs during elections.

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After PKR's failure to secure a single seat in the Melaka state elections, many are calling for Anwar Ibrahim's resignation as PKR president. We get into it.

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We commemorate this occasion by speaking to council member Thava about how MAB's role within the visually impaired community has evolved over time.

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