Morning Brief

The SRC International corruption trial has ended with the Federal Court upholding Dato' Seri Najib Razak's 12-year prison sentence and RM210 million fine. Dr James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Tasmania, breaks down what this means for Umno and Malaysia, with the 15th General Election just up ahead.

75 years ago last week, India won its independence from the British and split into two.

Unfortunately the chaos, confusion and religious violence that followed resulted in the deaths of up to two million people and unleashed one of history’s largest displacements. We speak to Dr Pradeep Taneja, Senior Lecturer in Asian Politics at the University of Melbourne if ties have improved between India, Pakistan and even Bangladesh.

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Professsor Ahmad Farhan Mohd Sadullah, Professor of Transport Engineering, USM shares his thoughts on the federal government's announcement to allocate 1.8 billion ringgit for maintenance of federal roads throughout Malaysia for 2022,

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Can’t grow strawberries in Camerons. But is the picture more dire than we think and how can Malaysia adapt its agricultural policy to these situations? Ameen Kamal, Head of Science and Technology, EMIR Research shares his perspective

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Professsor Ahmad Farhan Mohd Sadullah, Professor of Transport Engineering, USM shares his thoughts on the federal government's announcement to allocate 1.8 billion ringgit for maintenance of federal roads throughout Malaysia for 2022,

75 years ago last week, India won its independence from the British and split into two.

Unfortunately the chaos, confusion and religious violence that followed resulted in the deaths of up to two million people and unleashed one of history’s largest displacements. We speak to Dr Pradeep Taneja, Senior Lecturer in Asian Politics at the University of Melbourne if ties have improved between India, Pakistan and even Bangladesh.

Can’t grow strawberries in Camerons. But is the picture more dire than we think and how can Malaysia adapt its agricultural policy to these situations? Ameen Kamal, Head of Science and Technology, EMIR Research shares his perspective

The appeal at the Federal Court by convicted Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak wraps up this week. We speak to Goh Cia Yee, Criminal Lawyer on the many twists and turns that we observed so far and whether the tactic employed to constantly change the defence legal team will work?

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Following President Jokowi's speech when he tabled Indonesia's 2023 budget, we ask Krystal Tan, Economist, ANZ Bank on the outlook of Indonesia's economy as we dissect their fiscal prudence measures and their hope to shift their economy further downstream

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Malaysia continues to languish in Tier 3, the the lowest rank, in the new US Trafficking in Persons Report 2022 for a second consecutive year. Minal Patel Davis, Director, Houston Mayor's Office of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence tells us how we can improve our rankings

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