A Quick Visit to Malacca

I had the opportunity to visit Melaka during my last visit to Malaysia. When I was there, met a good friend, tasted the local food, managed to finish my reports and unwind, despite spending only two days in the ancient city.   ZashnainAn avid blogger, twitterer and photojournalist, Zashnain Zainal suffers from an incurable addiction […]

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Rohingya: A Dying Community

They are branded as one of the most persecuted communities in the world by the UN, yet nobody knows their name. They are the forgotten people. In recent weeks, the escalating violence has displaced more than 90,000 Rohingya people. Villages are being burnt, people are being abducted, concentration camps are being created, women are being […]

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The World Tomorrow : Anwar Ibrahim

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has twice been imprisoned after what he calls politically-motivated cases. But he keeps fighting for democracy in a country he brands less democratic than even Burma. Ibrahim’s opposition party is gaining more and more support from the Malaysian people. They’re fighting for democracy, something the former deputy prime minister describes […]

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the plantations in Malaysia

Spent a few nights in a village in the Sepang district of the state of Selangor; yes I am talking about Malaysia. Sepang is filled with plantations, many growing palm oil trees. Vast acres of forests were cleared to make way for these plantations, led by corporations and government-tied institutions. Poverty runs amok among many […]

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