Activist punk band Shh... Diam! writes for play inspired by Terengganu caning

Punk band Shh...Diam! is a part of the 'To Which My Brother Laughed' theatre show at KLPac. The members are (from left) Yon, Afi, Faris and Yoyo. Photo: KLPAC

In September 2018, two women in Terengganu were publicly caned by Malaysian prison officers after pleading guilty to a charge of having same-sex relations. This case attracted a lot of attention since it was believed to be the first time something like this had happened here.

When the news reached local actor and director Tung Jit Yang, he reacted with disbelief. He gathered a group of other performing acts practitioners and he developed To Which My Brother Laughed, a new devised work in response to this caning issue.