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Top 5 at 5: SUARAM's Human Rights Report 2025
46 mins·17:00, 9 Apr 2026
Top 5 at 5: SUARAM's Human Rights Report 2025
46 mins
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17:00, 9 Apr 2026
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1 hr 7 mins
46 mins
Guest: Jernell Tan, Documentation & Monitoring Coordinator, Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)
SUARAM’s latest human rights report reflects Malaysia’s trajectory over the past year, highlighting gaps between reformist promises and persistent restrictions. It covers11 thematic areas, from from fair trial and freedom of expression to SOSMA reviews, prison violations, corruption, and rights of LGBTQ+, migrant, and indigenous communities. We get into it with Jernall Tan. (Starts at 23:21)
• Can WFH help with fuel subsidies: With fuel subsidies ballooning to RM4 billion a month, the government is turning to work‑from‑home policies. A new analysis by environmental think-tank RimbaWatch suggests that if just half of the Klang Valley workforce stayed home, we could collectively avoid using over 90 million litres of petrol a month. We talk about it with Adam Farhan, the director of environmental think tank RimbaWatch. (Starts at 15:46)
• Prices goes up, but shopping goes on: Amid the ongoing war in Iran, Malaysians like many others globally, will feel the impact when we do grocery shopping. But the Malaysian Retailers Association has urged the public to refrain from panic buying. We discuss. (Starts at 11:01)
• Madani Mart sparks criticism: Madani Mart, community retail project promising affordable daily necessities, launches in Pahang.The Madani Mart initiative has drawn criticism because its licensing fees and royalties are tied to a foundation linked to government officers, raising conflict‑of‑interest concerns, and because its structure resembles a franchise, which would normally require stricter regulation and oversight. We speak to lawyer Kee Shu Min about this.(Starts at 5:11)
• The happiest towns in Malaysia: Among the happiest towns are Lipis and Raub in Pahang, as well as Kuala Terengganu, Marang and Permaisuri in Terengganu, among others. We discuss. (Starts at 0:24)
Image Credit: Shutterstock
Presenter: Lee Chwi Lynn, Susan Tam
Producer: Lim Sue Ann, Juliet Jacobs, Sneha Harikannan, Alia Zefri, Susan Tam
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