Murray Hunter is a retired academic and author who writes a substack column on Southeast Asian politics, with an emphasis on Malaysia where he lived and worked for thirty years. Now living in Thailand he was arrested at Bangkok airport and charged in relation to defamation charged brought against him by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. After a night in a Thai jail he was granted bail. He believes that this is an another example of cooperation across ASEAN in transnational repression.
Guest: Murray Hunter, retired academic, author and journalist
Murray Hunter's Substack
