A. Azim Idris is a journalist and writer with a keen interest in collecting vinyl records. Following his Mass Communications (Technology & Policy) undergraduate degree studies in Murdoch University, Perth, he joined the New Straits Times in 2010 as a cub reporter before being posted to the bureaus in Kuala Terengganu and Putrajaya. He has also previously worked for The Rakyat Post as a senior reporter.
THE Malaysian government’s announcement on its decision to abolish the death penalty for all crimes has given a ray of hope for anti-capital punishment campaigners in the region.
A SHOOTOUT between rival gangs in Bangkok’s Pratunam area which left one Indian tourist dead and several others injured has underscored Thailand’s long-standing gun problem.
MUCH of Asia is home the world’s toughest drug laws that impose stiff penalties like the mandatory death sentence for trafficking of illicit narcotics.
MALAYSIA’S Prime Minister-in-waiting and former political prisoner, Anwar Ibrahim, is expected to cruise his way into victory in an upcoming by-election, taking him a step closer to realising his decades-long...
WHEN popular Malaysian motorsports athlete Leona Chin first Google searched her way into the racing world some 15 years ago, little did she know that she would become the high-earning...
