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Hadi Azmi

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Cyberjaya, Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya
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Covers:  Politics, Southeast Asia
Malaysia correspondent at @straits_times. Previously at @SCMPAsia. Kiplinger Fellow. Jabberwock enthusiast. 27:40. Tweets are my own.

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Hadi is a Kuala Lumpur-based journalist covering Southeast Asia.

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Dutch documentary maker Thijs Zeeman traveled to Malaysia to investigate the death of 18-year-old Dutch model…

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Frustrated and under-represented, Johor youth seek a bigger political voice

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By Hadi Azmi
| The Straits Times Verified
BATU PAHAT – Politics was never a priority for Aidil Riduan, who runs a road-marking business in Kulai, Johor. Despite being eligible to vote, the 28-year-old has never cast a ballot. But in June, he signed up to become a candidate for Bersama, a new party launched just over a month earlier by former ministers Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi. “I am now on my 10th day of campaigning,” Aidil told The Straits Times on July 6 after a walkabout in Bukit Permai, Kluang, where he is contesting.
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Malaysia’s political pacts want a shot at Johor polls. These rebels aren’t making it easy for them

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By Hadi Azmi
| The Straits Times Verified
– Campaigning for the Johor state election has entered its second week. The election is already one of the most politically convoluted in recent Malaysian history, with Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) governing together in Putrajaya while fiercely contesting Johor’s 56-seat state assembly.
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Malaysia stands by Q4 launch of Johor-S’pore SEZ blueprint despite pressure from Johor

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By Hadi Azmi
| The Straits Times Verified
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s Economy Ministry reaffirmed the government’s commitment to launching the blueprint for the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) at the Malaysia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat in the fourth quarter, amid pressure from the Johor state government to release it sooner. In a statement on July 4, Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said the progress of the JS-SEZ should be measured by its economic outcomes rather than the timing of the blueprint’s release.
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Interview

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Elijah Wood as journalism major Matt Buckner in the 2005 film Green Street Hooligans. It made me want to pick up journalism.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Recording history as it happens.

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

Outside, walking around with my camera.
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