The most free they’d ever be

Episode 9. Nerves are frayed on all sides as a marathon courtroom case concludes. The Australian government plans for a spectacular end to the Pong Su.

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Reporter - Richard Baker (Get in touch: [email protected] )

Executive Producer - Rachael Dexter

Narrative Consultant - Kate Cole-Adams

Consulting Producer - Siobhan McHugh

Music & Composition - Vicki Hansen

Sound design & mixing - John Greenfield

Script translations - Yan Zhuang

Assistant Producer - Margaret Gordon

Head of Audio - Tom McKendrick

Actors:

Chin Kwang Lee is played by Andy Song

Kiam Fah Teng is played by Anthony Ting

Yau Kim Lam is played by Jason Chong

Casting - Catapult Casting

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The reading you heard at the start of this episode was from Law of the Jungle by Rudyard Kipling - read by Jason Chong.  Support the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.