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Top 5 at 5: Should We Have a Corporate Manslaughter Act?
42 mins·17:00, 11 Jun 2025
Top 5 at 5: Should We Have a Corporate Manslaughter Act?
42 mins
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17:00, 11 Jun 2025
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Guest: Grace Nathan, criminal lawyer
Law and Institutional Reform Minister Dato’ Seri Azalina Othman proposed Malaysia introduce a law similar to the UK’s Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. This will ensure companies can be held liable in the case of accidents caused by negligence, like the Gerik highway bus crash. We discuss this with Grace Nathan, a criminal lawyer.
Other stories we covered:
• Refugees can’t afford doctors: Doctors Without Borders has reported that medical costs are still too high for refugees, especially since many still can’t legally work. We find out how we could close the gap between refugees and healthcare, as well as whether they can trust the government systems that claim to help them with Arissa Jemaima Ikram, founder of Doctors on Ground.
• ICE raids in LA: U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained thousands of individuals over the past few weeks, igniting peaceful protests all around Los Angeles. The protestors were met with excessive aggressive force by officials, and now the National Guard and the Marines have been deployed. We speak to Peter Beattie, political economist from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, about the situation.
• US rejects Palestinian statehood: US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said that the US no longer supports an independent Palestinian state in our lifetime. The State Department has dismissed his statement as his own, but it still hangs over the Israel-Palestine conflict. We talk to Julia Roknifard, an expert in Middle Eastern studies and international security, and Ferooze Ali, senior fellow of the Asia Middle East Center for Research and Dialogue.
• Pro-doping Enhanced Games stirs controversy: The games will take place in 2026 and will allow for athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs or therapies. Amidst the strong backlash with athletes and critics calling the games a “betrayal” and irresponsible, President of the Games Aron D’Souza brings bodily autonomy into the conversation. We talk about this.
Image Credit: The Straits Times
Presenter: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharaad Kuttan
Producer: Sneha Harikannan, Sudais Ferhard, Alia Zefri, Dashran Yohan, Lim Sue Ann
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