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Top 5 at 5: Inside Malaysia’s Banned Publications Database
43 mins·17:00, 22 Oct 2026
Top 5 at 5: Inside Malaysia’s Banned Publications Database
43 mins
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17:00, 22 Oct 2026
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Guest: Aizat Shamsuddin, Founder and Executive Director , INITIATE.MY
Think tank Initiate.my has launched an open source database documenting publications banned under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, covering more than 3,200 materials from 1950 to 2026. We speak to Aizat Shamsuddin, Founder and Executive Director of INITIATE.MY, about the kinds of publications that have been banned, how clear the grounds of morality and public order really are, and what the data says about the balance between freedom of expression and national security. (Starts at 23:58)
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• The Ministry of Education tackles maths anxiety: The Malaysia Mathematics Education Transformation Plan will introduce teacher training, appoint Mathematics Specialists and push students to show their working and practise mental arithmetic. We talk about how beneficial this plan is to the development of children as well as adults in their daily lives. (Starts at 10:23)
• Malaysian Canada investment worries Indigenous groups: PETRONAS and its partners have announced a RM94.7 billion expansion of LNG Canada, a project whose supplying pipeline has faced opposition from the Wet’suwet’en Nation over consent, environmental violations and alleged intimidation. We speak to Adam Farhan, Co-Founder and Director of RimbaWatch, about why this matters to Malaysians and what a responsible company would do differently. (Starts at 5:20)
• Goodbye Lee Biscuits: After 92 years, Lee Biscuits Malaysia will stop production at its Pontian factory in Johor by the end of this month as it exits snack manufacturing to focus on its rubber and palm oil operations. We talk about what it means for mainstay brands to disappear from the market, and the sentiments surrounding brands that have been around for decades. (Starts at 0:24)
Presenter: Lee Chwi Lynn, Susan Tam
Producer: Sudais Ferhard, Lim Sue Ann, Sneha Harikannan, Juliet Jacobs, Alia Zefri
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