New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches
96 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsSoutheast Asia Dispatches is a fortnightly podcast bringing you reports, interviews and commentary from New Naratif’s network around Southeast Asia.
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Democracy Unbound: Free Speech in Indonesia’s New Era with Fatia-Haris
March 14, 2024 18:40 - 1 hour - 102 MBThis episode was recorded in front of an online live audience as part of our Media Freedom Network Legal Briefing activity. This episode was recorded in front of an online live audience as part of our Media Freedom Network Legal Briefing activity. In this episode with Fatia Muliyadiyanti and Haris Azhar we discuss their court victory following their criminalisation over a video discussing the involvement of Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar ...
Enforced Disappearance in Southeast Asia
February 22, 2024 08:34 - 48 minutes - 45 MBTransparency and accountability and historical awareness are some of the most important pillars of democracy. Historical revisionism is an affront to that democracy. And enforced disappearances, where the police or military or paramilitary forces knock on your door and kidnap you, has always been the bedrock of such revisionism. In this episode with Wulan Kusuma Wardhani and Celia Sevilla, we will talk about the cases of enforced disappearance in Indonesia and the Philippines, mechanisms fo...
Engendering Media Freedom
January 11, 2024 00:46 - 59 minutes - 55.3 MBIn this episode, Wai Liang Tham (New Naratif's Researcher) and Avon Ang (Altermidya's National Coordinator) will talk about the 2nd and the 3rd publication of New Naratif’s Media Freedom Insights series titled “Engendering Media Freedom”, the role of Altermidya, and what to expect from New Naratif’s 4th MFI publication. You can also find this podcast on our website. Our movement needs your support. A movement is only as strong as its members. If you believe in a more democratic Sout...
Malaysia’s Justice for Sisters on Democratic Participation
December 13, 2023 22:53 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBIn this episode, Oktaria Asmarani (New Naratif's Researcher) and Thilaga Sulathireh (Justice for Sisters) will talk about the systemic and structural issues that hinder the practice of inclusive democracy in Southeast Asia, the cases in Malaysia, the role of research, and the importance of regional solidarity. You can also find this podcast on our website. Our movement needs your support. A movement is only as strong as its members. If you believe in a more democratic Southeast Asia...
Unlawful Surveillance in Southeast Asia, Pegasus Case
December 06, 2023 23:52 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBThis is a special edition of the podcast, the fourth of six episodes in the Pegasus series that New Naratif are co-producing together with KBR. Three episodes will be conducted in English, while three in Bahasa Indonesia, which you can find at Ruang Publik at kbrprime.id. At a time when the use of spyware is becoming increasingly normalised and the lines between counterterrorism efforts and surveillance technologies are increasingly blurred, it is important to secure human rights before nat...
Unmasking the Menace of Pegasus
December 06, 2023 00:50 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBThis episode was recorded in front of an online live audience as part of our Media Freedom Network Legal Briefing activity. It is also part of our Pegasus Series, a series of podcasts, comics, articles, and other conversations on the Israeli spyware Pegasus and its unlawful applications in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia. We hope that this legal briefing session can help media practitioners and members of the public in Southeast Asia and beyond. We also hope to establish further coo...
Penyadapan Ilegal di Indonesia, Kasus Pegasus
November 29, 2023 23:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBThis is a special edition of the Southeast Asia Dispatches, the third of six episodes in the Pegasus series that we are co-producing together with KBR. Three episodes will be conducted in English, while three in Bahasa Indonesia, which you can find at Ruang Publik at KBRPrime.id. In our previous two episodes of Pegasus Series, we discovered that we need to push the government to form an investigation team related to Pegasus spyware in Indonesia. This team will also serve as checks and b...
Thailand's Press by the People
November 08, 2023 23:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBWe’ve covered the political situation in Thailand before in this podcast – a constant struggle between pro-democracy factions and former royalist powers. Although there are members of the press on both sides, the idea and maintenance of press freedom itself remains a challenge, especially since the 2014 military coup. In this episode, we're talking with New, a citizen journalist and pro-democracy activist who believes that there are ways to maintain your safety while still being very very c...
The Citizens' Agenda Indonesia
October 18, 2023 23:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBThe Citizens’ Agenda is a space for citizens to express their concerns and increase their political participation. In general, it is a survey aimed at creating a space for citizens to express their concerns and increase their political participation. Your concerns will then be used to guide our democracy classes and media coverage to create pathways for citizens to engage in politics and help Southeast Asians Participate as citizens in their communities more easily. In this episode, we wil...
Cambodia’s Media Clampdown
September 27, 2023 17:07 - 37 minutes - 35 MBIn February 2023, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the closure of one of the country's last independent local news outlets, Voice of Democracy (VOD), saying it had attacked him and his son and caused damage to the country. VOD is one of the few independent and vital media outlets left in Cambodia since the media crackdown circa 2017-2018. Silence of the press is one of the Cambodian government's strategies to stay in power. Freedom House observed that the 2018 Cambodian elections to...
The Threats of Anti Terror Law in The Philippines
September 20, 2023 23:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBIn July 2022, Jasmin Rubia, Kenneth Rementilla, and Hailey Pecayo took part in a fact-finding mission to look into the alleged murder of Kylene Casao, a 9-year-old girl, and Maximino Digno, a 50-year-old farmer, by members of the 59th Infantry Battalion on July 18 in Taysan, Batangas. Later, the military stated that people who took part in the fact-finding mission were giving terrorists material assistance. The law authorises the police and military to hold people for up to 24 days without a...
The Struggle to End Child Immigration Detention in Malaysia
September 13, 2023 18:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBBased on April 2023 figures from the Home Ministry, a total of 1,030 children, 43% of whom are girls, are currently being held in 19 immigration detention centres across Malaysia. Two-thirds of these are unaccompanied and separated children. There are alternatives to detention that ensures proper administration of migration in kinder, more successful, and less expensive ways that do not include arrest or imprisonment. We call this Alternatives to Detention, or ATD. But if that’s so promis...
Pegasus Spyware di Indonesia
September 07, 2023 01:01 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBThis is a special edition of the Southeast Asia Dispatches, the first of six episodes in the Pegasus series that we are co-producing together with KBR. Three episodes will be conducted in English, while three in Bahasa Indonesia, which you can find at Ruang Publik at KBRPrime.id. Pegasus Spyware has been used in over 24 countries throughout the world, including Thailand and Ukraina, even a narcotics cartel in Mexico. Data from Indonesia Leaks reveals that Pegasus was purchased in 2018 fro...
Pegasus Spyware in Southeast Asia
August 30, 2023 23:00 - 55 minutes - 51.5 MBThis is a special edition of the Southeast Asia Dispatches, the first of six episodes in the Pegasus series that we are co-producing together with KBR. Three episodes will be conducted in English, while three in Bahasa Indonesia, which you can find at Ruang Publik at KBRPrime.id. In 2022, iLaw, Digital Reach, and The Citizen Lab discovered a large-scale espionage campaign targeting pro-democracy demonstrators and activists calling for monarchy reform in Thailand. At least 30 people were inf...
Digital Security Support in Thai Protests
August 16, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBThailand’s political situation has been rather tumultuous for a while. What began as pro-democracy marches by students in February 2020 expanded into endless protests against the pro-military administration, and has become the first time in modern Thai history that the monarchy has been discussed openly in a critical manner, despite the fact that doing so is a punishable violation. At the height of the situation, the movement also founded protection mechanisms for human rights defenders and...
A Tale of Queer Migration in Indonesia
July 05, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBThis episode is based on their short comic trilogy called “The Rites of Passage: A Tale of Queer Migration” by Asmara S. Wigati. In this episode, Asmara and Bonni discusses the trilogy, Asmara’s journey, and how we can build better connections and collective care for queer people in Indonesia. You can check the trilogy through the link below: 1. Separation & Liminality 2. Transition 3. Homeward You can also find this podcast on our website. Our movement needs your support. A movement is...
Queerphobia in Indonesia's Newsrooms
June 21, 2023 23:27 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBIn general, the national media in Indonesia either ignores LGBTQ+ issues or does not cover them at all. Otherwise, when they publish such content, they are blatantly reflecting hate and discrimination through the language, choice of sources, and use of news frames. In this episode, Bonnibel Rambatan and Widia Primastika will talk about the queerphobia media ecosystem in Indonesia, policies that forbid publishing news on LGBTQIA+, and where do journalist queer peoples stand. Previously, we al...
The Principles of Democracy
June 14, 2023 23:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBIn this episode, Bonnibel Rambatan and PJ Thum will be talking about New Naratif’s upcoming Principles of Democracy project and what it takes to build a democracy. In the upcoming months, we’ll be publishing a series of articles on principles of democracy, illustrated through concrete examples from Southeast Asia, showing how Southeast Asians define and promote democracy in their communities. We’ll also be holding Democracy Classrooms, about once a month, online, on these principles, which ...
Managing the Cost of Living in Malaysia
June 07, 2023 21:24 - 59 minutes - 55.3 MBThe start of the new decade in 2020 was devastating and demoralising for many Malaysians. Millions of Malaysians' quality of life has been drastically lowered by the pandemic, political and economic crisis, and flood. The present social protection system in Malaysia has been stretched to its breaking point by the extraordinary scope and severity of the health, political, flood, and economic crises, demanding ad hoc budgetary help to complement them. In this episode, Bonnibel Rambatan and ...
Trans Healthcare in Indonesia
May 31, 2023 23:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBOn May 18th, we released an episode talking about Indonesia’s new Health Bill that is currently being proposed. The Indonesian government has been criticised for their hasty process and lack of access to information for the public. It’s problematic, to say the least, and while some activists are seeing opportunities for reform in this Bill, its potential for harm is nothing to scoff at. In this episode, we’ll be talking about something a little more complicated. Trans healthcare in Indonesi...
Enabling Filipino Children to Dream in Colour
May 24, 2023 23:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBThrough their initiatives, FundLife, a purpose-driven not for profit organisation in the Philippines, is committed to improving this situation. They aim to establish educational and employment pathways for Philippines underprivileged youth so that they can achieve their full potential. In this episode we will be talking about how the most marginalised children and youth are living in chronic and short-term emergencies in the Philippines, FundLife’s initiatives, and of course, how every drea...
The Fight for Reproductive Rights in Indonesia
May 17, 2023 23:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBEarlier this month, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) and the government continued the legislative process of the Health Bill.The rapidity with which the government and the House of Representatives drafted the Health Bill has drawn criticism, as has the public's lack of access to information In this episode, Bonnibel Rambatan will talk with Diah Satyani Saminarsih and Ignatia Alfa Gloria about the updates on Indonesia Health Bill progress and its problems, reproductive health...
The Struggles of Refugees in Malaysia
May 10, 2023 23:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBIn Peninsular Malaysia there are over one hundred and eighty thousand refugees. Regardless of origin or identity, they all run into the same core problem of legal recognition. Malaysian authorities treat refugees as illegal, as there are no laws relating to their status. How do you expect to have a democracy when there are that many people not being legally recognised? In this episode, we will talk about refugee struggles in Malaysia, Joshua Low’s previous and current work, and the broader ...
Myanmar’s New Feminist Narrative
April 26, 2023 23:00 - 46 minutes - 43.4 MBIn this episode, Bonnibel Rambatan and Thet Wai talks about Myanmar's New Feminist Narrative and Wai's experiences as a feminist activist in Myanmar. Thet Wai is a gender rights researcher at New Naratif currently leading our Democratic Participation research. She has spent more than ten years working with different marginalised groups in Myanmar for feminist movement building. You can also find this podcast on our website at https://newnaratif.com/myanmars-new-feminist-narrative/ Our mov...
Santa Ana: Stories by the Riverside
April 19, 2023 06:16 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBThe episode will be presented to you by Levi Masuli, who will be telling the story of former migrants turned riverside vegetable farmers in Santa Ana of the Rizal Province, Philippines. Levi Masuli is a sound artist and community organiser for Migrante Philippines, whose community work focuses on strengthening local migrants' formations, providing education, and empowering their capacity for political mobilisation and cultural expression. This Southeast Asia Dispatches special episode was ...
Indonesia's Police Brutality & Media Freedom
April 12, 2023 18:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBOne of the key pillars of democracy is the ability to freely criticise those in power. But as we all know, such is rarely the case in Southeast Asia. Whenever journalists criticise any police-related issues, it is no secret that they need to be extremely careful. Over the last five years, the police have been a major perpetrator in violence against journalists in Indonesia. Worse is that they remain unpunished. Contrary to their explicitly stated principles, often known as Tri Brata and Ca...
Research as Activism
March 29, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBWith an increasingly hostile atmosphere towards media workers in Southeast Asia, New Naratif’s Media Freedom Insights publications try to better understand their life experiences. New Naratif’s current Media Freedom Insights series, titled “Engendering Media Freedom,” aims to showcase the gendered experiences of journalists in the region to understand the media ecosystem. In this episode, Bonnibel Rambatan and Wai Liang Tham we’ll be talking about Research as Activism. But essentially, rath...
On Media Freedom and Digital Security
March 16, 2023 02:00 - 59 minutes - 55.5 MBBonnibel Rambatan talks to Damar Juniarto, Executive Director of SAFEnet, about digital rights and digital security, the increasing judicial harassment of expression in the digital space in Southeast Asia, how various countries try to emulate China's Great Firewall to conduct surveillance and censorship of its people, and how can the people of Southeast Asia fight back the digital authoritarian practices. Damar Juniarto mentioned lots of things that us listeners can access for our own prote...
Resilience Against Digital Authoritarianism
March 02, 2023 02:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBIt is important for any coalition of democratic allies to play both defensive and offensive roles, promoting resilience to authoritarian digital threats while building an affirmative alternative that diminishes the influence of authoritarian actors over time. In New Naratif, the Media Freedom Network (MFN) is our response to these challenges as we aim to build a sustainable network of media workers, organisations, and activists to provide support, solidarity, and resources to media practiti...
Legal Rights for Haiyan’s LGBTQ Survivors
February 16, 2023 02:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBIn this episode, Bonnibel Rambatan talks to Arturo Golong, or Arthur, a trans woman who was also Haiyan’s survivor, and Mavic Conde, a Filipino environmental journalist, about how things are going right now regarding Haiyan’s survivors, the story behind discriminatory laws in Philippines, the Yolanda Permanent Housing Program, and SOGIESC Equality Bill in Philippines. You can help their initiatives by signing the petition to support the SOGIESC Equality Bill becoming a law in the Philippine...
Development Through Distress
February 01, 2023 17:01 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBPreviously, Teo S. Marasigan, Filipino activist and New Naratif's researcher, published research series on OFWs titled "The Philippines’ Dangerous Dependence on the Exploitation of its People" and "Agency Amidst Structures in Migration: Stories of Filipina Domestic Workers in Dubai". In this episode, Bonnibel Rambatan talks to to Teo S. Marasigan and Zelda Santos, a domestic worker and volunteer of a help desk for distressed OFWs in the United Arab Emirates, about the history of OFWs, how t...
On Media Freedom and Public Journalism
January 12, 2023 02:58 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBIn this episode, Bonnibel Rambatan talks with Evi Mariani, one of the co-founders of Project Multatuli, a collective initiative dedicated to carrying out the ideals of public journalism by giving a voice to the voiceless, spotlighting the marginalised, and reporting on the underreported, whose work involves collaboration with other news organisations, research bodies, and civil society groups that strive for democracy, human rights, social justice, environmental sustainability, and equal rig...
Myths & Migration
December 15, 2022 04:59 - 40 minutes - 92.5 MBOn this episode, Bonnibel Rambatan talks about New Naratif’s Research Department and the idea of research as activism with Lengga Pradipta, Migration Researcher at New Naratif. Migration research is an evergreen field of study that has only grown in its breadth of topics and range of micro-disciplines. In line with our approach of research as activism, that by conducting and publishing research that draws attention to such systematic failures of countries, and the consequent price that indi...
Advocating for Trans Liberation in Southeast Asia
December 01, 2022 06:42 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBOn this episode, Bonnibel Rambatan talks about trans liberation in Southeast Asia with Erik Nadir and Nhuun Yodmuang from Asia Pacific Transgender Network, also known as APTN, a trans-led organisation that engages with a range of partners across Asia and the Pacific to support, organise, and advocate for fundamental human rights including gender identity, access to justice and legal protections, and comprehensive gender-affirming policies and healthcare. APTN work to improve the lives of tra...
Duterte’s War On Women, Workers and Farmers
March 11, 2022 09:54 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBContent warning: This podcast includes references to sexual assault. On this week’s episode, Jacob Goldberg speaks to Peter Murphy, chairman of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines, also known as ICHRP. ICHRP is a network of organisations in the Philippines and in diaspora communities around the world working to inform the international community about extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses in the Philippines. Philippine human rights groups estimate ...
Communist Democracy in the Philippines
January 21, 2022 08:57 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MBOn this week's episode, Jacob Goldberg speaks to Professor Jose Maria Sison, who goes by the nickname Joma. Joma is the founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), which has been waging a revolutionary guerilla war against the Philippine government since 1968. He is a controversial figure to many and a beloved comrade to others. The United States and the Philippine governments have designated him as a terrorist, while he lives in the Netherlands as a recognised politic...
New Naratif in 2021: A Year of Many Firsts
December 17, 2021 06:27 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBNew Naratif founder PJ Thum and editor-in-chief Jacob Goldberg reflect on the tough decisions, impactful stories and blossoming team spirit that made 2021 our most memorable year yet.
Can Malaysia’s Cycle of Statelessness Be Broken?
November 05, 2021 10:37 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBEarlier this year, New Naratif published a piece about Wong Kueng Hui, one of the many stateless people in the Malaysian state of Sabah, and his decade-long legal battle to gain citizenship in Malaysia. In October 2019, the Kuala Lumpur High Court finally granted Wong citizenship. But this breakthrough only lasted for three weeks. The Malaysian government applied for a stay of execution on the order to grant Wong’s citizenship. Last month was the two-year anniversary of what could have mark...
Is Malaysia’s Parliament Dead?
August 20, 2021 02:12 - 44 minutes - 60.6 MBOn the 16th of August, Malaysia’s 8th prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin and his cabinet, who came to power via a political coup in 2020, officially resigned. At the time of this recording, the next prime minister is being selected by a secret vote by members of parliament via statutory declarations to the king. The next prime minister—the third in two years—will be just another product of a long-running political crisis. How can Malaysians enact meaningful change when politicians can so easil...
Why Malaysia’s COVID-19 Aid Isn’t Reaching Queer Communities
August 06, 2021 06:13 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MBSince March 2020, Malaysia has been placed under several movement control orders (MCOs) that restrict movement and business operations in order to curb COVID-19 infections. However, the MCOs have also resulted in rising unemployment, business closures and increased food insecurity. Cash aid from the government has been disbursed in several stages, with the next one only due to arrive in August 2021. As the country faces increasing economic difficulties in the wake of the pandemic, mutual aid...
Why Some Malaysian Teachers Are Paying for Students’ Mobile Data
July 29, 2021 21:52 - 39 minutes - 54.6 MBEvery so often, heartwarming stories emerge of educators and students alike overcoming hurdles in order for learning to continue, whether that’s a teacher travelling over 100 kilometres daily to reach students in rural areas, or a student who spent the night in a tree for better internet connection to sit for her exams. Stories like these tend to take off on social media because they represent a sense of triumph over adversity. But on the flip side, they also represent a societal failure to ...
Undocumented and Unvaccinated: Malaysia’s Unequal Vaccine Rollout
July 23, 2021 08:03 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBInfection rates continue to climb in Malaysia’s latest wave of COVID-19 infections. National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme was launched in February, not long after it was announced that everyone would be included in the vaccination program, including undocumented migrants. However, the Malaysian government later reversed this decision and instead pledged to crack down on undocumented migrants amid a nationwide lockdown. This has led to the arrest of more than 500 migrant workers, bringing ...
COVID-19’s Mental Health Impact: How are Refugees Coping?
July 09, 2021 05:32 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MBThis podcast includes references to suicide. These days, almost anyone you meet can talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed their lives for the worse. Salary cuts or a total loss of income, separation from friends and family, and long periods of isolation. It is no surprise that this pandemic has taken a toll on our mental health. But there are some groups who are not only more systematically vulnerable to mental illness, but have also suffered from a far more brutal experience th...
Heroes by Necessity: Reframing Refugee Stories
June 25, 2021 04:14 - 54 minutes - 75 MBWhen you hear the word “refugee”, what picture comes to mind? Is it an image of a boat full of people trying to find a safe place to stay, or is it a desolate refugee camp? Often, the narrative we have of refugees is that they are helpless. On this episode of Southeast Asia Dispatches, Deborah Augustin speaks to Monique Truong and Leena Al-Mujahed, two women who have experienced forced displacement and continue to face their circumstances and obstacles with courage. They reflect on the char...
Why Are Politicians Afraid of Art?
June 11, 2021 05:14 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MBDo politicians and rulers have anything to worry about when it comes to the influence of art in politics? This year alone, Fahmi Reza, a Malaysian political graphic designer and activist has been questioned by police five times for publishing his work on social media. Last month in May, it was for his satire piece depicting Malaysia’s health minister in a missing person’s poster. The month before that, it was for allegedly insulting the queen with a Spotify playlist. On this episode of Sou...
Thai Protesters Gagged and Released
May 28, 2021 09:49 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBAfter 10 months of protests, in which Thai people took to the streets to call for reform of the monarchy and the political system, more than 600 activists have been arrested and charged for their political expression. In 2021 alone, at least 30 people have been detained on charges of sedition or royal defamation. For months, most were denied bail while awaiting trial. But this month, the Thai Criminal Court started granting bail to 24 of the detained activists. However, most of the activist...
Why Do Indonesian Dictionaries Call Women “Whores”?
May 13, 2021 19:26 - 38 minutes - 53 MBLanguage has the power to shape our understanding about the world. It’s a cultural, political, and psychological tool that impacts our psyche and the way we relate to people around us. But who gets to decide the meaning of the words we use? In the official Indonesian dictionary, the word “woman” (or perempuan) is listed among compound words that mean “whore”, “evil”, “mistress”, “pervert”, and many other terms that give the concept of “woman” a derogatory and sexualised connotation. The di...
The Plight of Transnational Families in Malaysia
April 29, 2021 20:20 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBFor more than a month, Malaysian authorities detained Nigerian national Simon Momoh even after he had paid a fine and served his one-day jail term for a drink-driving offence. Although a court has since ruled that Malaysia’s Immigration Department had unlawfully detained Simon, his detention and the threat of deportation brought to light the many challenges foreign spouses and transnational families face in the country. On this episode, Deborah Augustin speaks to Bina Ramanand, founding mem...
Resisting Myanmar’s Coup With Civil Disobedience
April 16, 2021 10:43 - 30 minutes - 42 MBOn the 1st of February this year, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing launched a coup, aborting Myanmar’s five-year experiment with electoral democracy. The army toppled the civilian government a day before a newly elected parliament was set to take office. State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and hundreds of their allies were arrested. Since then, numerous ad hoc online fundraisers have materialised in the wake of the coup to support the Civil Disobedience Movement, whose primary tactic is to enco...
Undi18: Malaysian Youth Fight to Lower the Voting Age
April 01, 2021 18:39 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MBIn 2019, Malaysia’s parliament agreed to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, a move that was supposed to be implemented by July this year. However, a few days ago, it was announced that this will be delayed and pushed to September 2022 instead. This led to speculation about an impending general election, which many think will be called once Malaysia’s state of emergency is lifted in August. In response, Malaysian youths marched to parliament in protest on the 27th of March. On this episode ...