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Lee Hwok-Aun interviewed on BFM89.9 The Business Station: “Bumiputra Preferential Regime”

 

This radio interview was published on 22 May 2018.

Dr Lee Hwok-Aun is Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

ISEAS mentioned in The Straits Times: “Malaysia PM Mahathir’s Cabinet: Who are the ministers”

 

This article was published by The Straits Times on 21 May 2018.

Dr Maszlee Malik worked with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute from 5 September 2016 to 4 November 2016.

 

Pritish Bhattacharya quoted in The Straits Times: “Luxury brand goods: What millennials really want”

 

This article was published by The Straits Times on 21 May 2018.

Pritish Bhattacharya is Research Officer with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Edgar Pang quoted in ASEAN Post: “Lao PDR’s geopolitical advantage in Southeast Asia”

 

This article was published by The ASEAN Post on 18 May 2018, with reference to ISEAS Perspective 2017/66 “Same-Same but Different”: Laos and Cambodia’s Political Embrace of China by Edgar Pang.

Edgar Pang is Visiting Fellow with ISEAS –Yusof Institute from 15 May 2017 to 13 August 2017.

 

Francis Hutchinson interviewed on Mediacorp Focus: “马哈迪上台 大型项目遭殃?”

 

This episode of Focus 焦点 (FY1819) – EP7 马哈迪上台 大型项目遭殃? (What will happen to mega-infrastructure project with Mahathir in-charge?) was broadcasted by Mediacorp on 17 May 2018.

 

Norshahril Saat interviewed on Mediacorp Focus: ” 斋戒月前夕 印尼连环恐袭”

 

This episode of Focus 焦点 (FY1819) – EP7 斋戒月前夕 印尼连环恐袭 (Terrorist bombings in Surabaya before Ramadan) was broadcasted by Mediacorp on 17 May 2018.

Dr Norshahril Saat is Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Francis Hutchinson and Norshahril Saat interviewed on Mediacorp Focus: ” 马哈迪,安华同心协力?”

 

This episode of Focus 焦点 (FY1819) – EP7 马哈迪,安华同心协力? (Mahathir and Anwar to work hand in hand?) was broadcasted by Mediacorp on 17 May 2018.

Dr Francis Hutchinson is Senior Fellow and Coordinator Malaysia Studies Programme, while Dr Norshahril Saat is Fellow, with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

Ian Storey quoted in Reuters: “As Rosneft’s Vietnam unit drills in disputed area of South China Sea, Beijing issues warning”

 

This article was published by Reuters on 17 May 2018.

Dr Ian Storey is Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

“The Surabaya Bombings Highlight Urgency to Ratify the Revisions to Indonesia’s Anti-terrorism Law” by Deasy Simandjuntak

 

2018/66, 17 May 2018

On Sunday morning, 13 March 2018, between 6.30-7.53am, suicide bombers carried out deadly attacks on three churches, namely the Santa Maria Tak Bercela Catholic Church, the Indonesian Christian Church at Diponegoro Street and the Pantekosta Church at Arjuno Street. At least 14 persons were killed and 41 injured. The national police chief Tito Karnavian said that these attacks were perpetrated by one family, consisting of a father, a mother and four children -two of them under twelve years old, who had returned to Indonesia from Syria. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks. On Sunday evening the police’s anti-terror unit found four home-made bombs in a residential home allegedly belonging to the perpetrators.

 

“Pakatan’s Landslide Win in Selangor Thwarts BN Ploys” by Lee Hwok-Aun

 

2018/65, 17 May 2018
Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) colossal victory in GE14 sprang from a nationwide surge in its popularity and collapse of confidence in the 61-year ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) regime, but PH’s spectacular success in Selangor is exceptional.

BN manipulated electoral boundaries to engineer favourable conditions, were most aggressive in Selangor, and disregarded the constitutional and democratic underpinnings of the electoral system.