#61 Jac SM Kee
Host
Fahmi Fadzil
Creative Producer
Mark Teh
Camera & Lighting
Akashdeep Singh,
Aaron Chung, Fikri Fadzil
Editing
Akashdeep Singh
Motion Graphics
Zalee (Kino-i)
Web
Adam William
Sound
Hardesh Singh
'Unwelcome Words'
presented by
Elaine Pedley,
text courtesy of
Amir Muhammad
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