Morning Brief

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest producer of oil is changing as it’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tries to reduce its reliance on oil revenue. Will the initiatives bear fruit? Toby Iles, Head of Middle East and Africa Sovereigns at Fitch Ratings gives us an update on this.

Dr Khoo Yoong Khean, Scientific Officer, Duke-NUS Centre for Outbreak Preparedness gives us an update on why Singapore is opting to go maskless indoors and also lessons that need to be learnt with 1 million people still dying from Covid this year despite the availability of vaccines and booster shots.

After the Federal Court dismissed Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s final appeal over his sentence and conviction in the SRC International case, mentions of royal pardon have been garnering attention. Edmund Bon, Lawyer from Amer Bon Advocates tells us how the process work and if reform that is required.

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With Thailand’s constitutional court suspending prime minister Prayuth Chan-O-Cha from official duty while it considers a legal challenge to his 8 year term limit, Dr Michael Montesano, coordinator of the Thailand Studies Programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute tells us the implications of this and could this country call for early elections

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As government policy is important and is the foundation to catalysing change, businesses also need to adapt.

With a mindset change that taking on a green transition is not a lose-lose situation Datin Seri Sunita Rajakumar, Chairperson of Climate Governance Malaysia tells us how businesses should pivot.

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After the Federal Court dismissed Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s final appeal over his sentence and conviction in the SRC International case, mentions of royal pardon have been garnering attention. Edmund Bon, Lawyer from Amer Bon Advocates tells us how the process work and if reform that is required.

With Thailand’s constitutional court suspending prime minister Prayuth Chan-O-Cha from official duty while it considers a legal challenge to his 8 year term limit, Dr Michael Montesano, coordinator of the Thailand Studies Programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute tells us the implications of this and could this country call for early elections

As government policy is important and is the foundation to catalysing change, businesses also need to adapt.

With a mindset change that taking on a green transition is not a lose-lose situation Datin Seri Sunita Rajakumar, Chairperson of Climate Governance Malaysia tells us how businesses should pivot.

With former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in prison for 12 years, it is now time for all political parties to reassess their positions. How will Barisan Nasional, Pakatan Harapan and the other parties use this new development to their advantage going into the 15th General Election that must be held by next year. Dr Azmi Hassan, Senior Research Fellow, Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research, shares his thoughts.

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Datuk Seri Najib Razak is finally in prison serving his 12-year jail sentence after just over 4 years since he was first charged for misappropriating RM42 million of SRC International funds. This was the result of judges at the KL High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court, all unanimously finding the former Prime Minister guilty. Transparency International Malaysia President, Dr Muhammad Mohan, explains that there is still a long way to go for Malaysia to completely stamp out corruption that has been so endemic.

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