On the trail of Awang and Ahok


A smooth ride: Basuki, also known as Ahok, posing on a government registered motorcycle in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Tracing the stories of a forgotten mariner and an uncommon politician.

IT HAS been three days into the Chinese New Year of the Fire Monkey but it’s the metaphor of three Japanese monkeys which dominate the current thought of Malaysians.

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