The Fairly Current Show

#64 Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad

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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Synopsis

From issues of constitutional and civil liberties to the politicisation of everyday life, the events of the past few weeks have provoked much reflection, argument and soul-searching in Malaysians.

To make some sense of all this, we speak with PAS politician Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad on the caning of Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, the cow-head protest in Shah Alam, and the regulations surrounding the exhibition and sale of alcohol in the state of Selangor.


Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad is a member of the PAS central working committee, and Member of Parliament for Kuala Selangor. He was a student leader in the 1970s and 80s, during his university days in the UK.


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