There is a growing interest in Enrique de Malacca (the name from Portuguese sources) generally described as a Southeast Asian in Magellan’s voyage around the world. Enrique “played a significant role in the expedition and deserved to be recognized by the people of the region from which he came from.” These words came from a Filipino historian

Under the focus of evidence law in general, the authorities or any agencies involved in the investigation of crime may obtain the evidence by unlawful means. For instance, the evidence may be obtained through the commission of crime, a tort or a breach of contract or a breach of statutory or provisions governing the powers, procedure and the duties

This essay is not about Covid-19, but about coffee, of how the subject of the brew has been written, intoxicated with Eurocentric history. Recently, I encountered the comment of blogger Omer Aziz about a reviewer on the history of coffee. Adam Gopnik's essay in The New Yorker brewed the rage in him. Omer "felt a savage inner reaction to eve

The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified the many crises that threaten press freedom. Reliable, diverse and independent information is at risk. The next 10 years will be pivotal to press freedom due to several converging crises. These are geopolitical (due to the aggressiveness of authoritarian regimes); technological (due to a lack of technological gua

Ibrahim Yaacob’s 1941 Melihat Tanah Air is a futurist document of the nation. To him, the Malay Archipelago’s location then described as the east (dunia timur) holds the key to the Pacific Ocean and the world economy. Ibrahim has managed to strategise and provide foresight for the Malays under colonial conditions before World War II. He repeate

THE impending new society certainly needs new leadership. The pandemic has exposed our weaknesses, forcing us to ask questions on the proper role of institutions, governance and leadership. The post-Covid 19 realm requires different ways of thinking and organising the world. As we have seen national, political and scientific leaderships collide, ne

This is not a commentary on the coronavirus outbreak, or related health emergencies in the past. It is about journalism, and the reportage of health, on the scale currently experienced. What this implies is rumination, reflection, thought and action. With crises in mind, the action becomes the thought itself. Hence, to begin with, we ask some funda

Studies on horseshoe crabs morphometrics found that they have maintained their descendent features from the Late Ordovician Period to present day. In the present study, we applied the allometric study to evaluate the correlation of body growth in three populations of the Asian horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas) collected from Balok (Pahang), Cherok

Background: Creatinine kinetic denotes that under steady state, creatinine production (G) equals to creatinine excretion rate (E), and if production exceeds excretion, GFR is impaired. Kinetic estimate of GFR (keGFR) offers a more accurate estimate of GFR in the acute settings with rapidly changing kidney functions. Objectives: We evaluated keGFR a

Huntington’s disease (HD) is an inherited progressive neurodegenerative disorder which affects motor function, cognition and the psychological state of HD patients. Its triad of unique symptoms compared to other neurodegenerative disorders might give rise to a higher level of burden for their carers. Aims: The aim of this study was to explore fac