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Top 5 at 5: Aid Struggles to Reach Gaza
42 mins·17:00, 18 Sept 2025
Top 5 at 5: Aid Struggles to Reach Gaza
42 mins
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17:00, 18 Sept 2025
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1 hr 22 mins
42 mins
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Guest: Sean Carroll, President, CEO, Anera
Concentrated efforts to restrict life-saving aid from reaching Palestinians continue, with supplies left stranded in warehouses across Egypt and Jordan, new regulations on NGOs and aid organisations that violate data protection laws, and recent attacks on the Global Sumud Flotilla convoy. We hear from Sean Carroll, President and CEO of Anera, a humanitarian relief organisation that provides aid to refugees and vulnerable groups in the Middle East about what's been happening on the ground.
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• Tanom vs. Tenom coffee: Lim Sen Thiam, director of KK Tanom Coffee Sdn Bhd, was charged under the Geographical Indications Act for misusing a protected geographical label to indirectly refer to "Tenom Coffee” without the consent of its registered owner. Intellectual property lawyer Jessie Tan tells us why this matters.
• Too many government apps?: A recent thread on X highlighted the overabundance of government-made apps available to download - 200 of them in fact. We speak to CF Fong, CEO of LGMS Berhad about how we got here, the security risks at play, and whether we have the capacity to streamline these apps.
• MAS' all-women crew: The Malaysian Aviation Group recently showcased their commitment to the 25by2025 pledge with an all-women crew operating flight MH2610 from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu. We discuss gender equality in the aviation sector and the barriers that still hold women back from career progression.
Image Credit: Shutterstock
Presenter: Sharaad Kuttan, Susan Tam
Producer: Alia Zefri, Sneha Harikannan, Lim Sue Ann, Sudais Ferhard, Susan Tam
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