Anand Mathai

Asia Desk Editor @SCMP

[South China Morning Post @SCMPNews]

‘Fake Filipino’: Fingerprint match ‘confirms’ mystery mayor is Chinese national https://t.co/7zZTrJDmCb

[Resty Woro Yuniar @restyworo]

Young Indonesians on TikTok are pining for *check notes* Suharto era where "things were cheap" and life was "good." Who's going to tell them?

Nostalgia for Suharto, following Prabowo's victory, triggers warnings about Indonesia’s dark history https://t.co/kNKV348CEQ

[South China Morning Post @SCMPNews]

Indonesians rejecting Rohingya slammed for showing ‘same hatred as Israelis’ https://t.co/OIZYJSG256

[Resty Woro Yuniar @restyworo]

Verdict is out from the first Indonesian presidential debate. Anies outshined Prabowo with his rhetorical finesse. Ganjar scored points for his questions on human rights. Will this affect their electability at all? https://t.co/5T8W0nQInd

[South China Morning Post @SCMPNews]

Indonesia is gearing up for elections, but family gossip has been at the centre of attention lately. Why?

[Johannes Nugroho @Johannes_nos]

Is Iriana Jokowi the latest victim of misogyny? My latest:
https://t.co/u8gmoyZ6zc

[Resty Woro Yuniar @restyworo]

An Indonesian reporter went to China. After returning, he wrote about how Muslims were being discriminated in Xinjiang. The 🇨🇳 embassy then asked him to take down the story.
How China tries to influence Indonesian media on Xinjiang, Belt & Road projects https://t.co/rdVv5yRSbT

[Anand Mathai @Anand_Mathai]

Indonesia election 2024: as Prabowo dances his way up the polls, can he keep in the groove until voting day?
https://t.co/o7qEzh0Mog

[Anand Mathai @Anand_Mathai]

This was a truly incredible and heartbreaking feature, well worth reading even if you're not a D&D nerd https://t.co/CgZDn9kzzt

[Anand Mathai @Anand_Mathai]

Our knowledge about the death penalty in Singapore would be far more incomplete if it wasn't for the tireless work of local activists such as @kixes and @Kokilaparvathi of @tjc_singapore, who made these stories possible.

[Anand Mathai @Anand_Mathai]

The finalists for this year's @sopasia Awards were just announced and I'm proud to say @coconuts was named a finalist for the Excellence in Human Right Reporting Award for our coverage of the death penalty in Singapore
https://t.co/Te6Mfbr9DD

[Anand Mathai @Anand_Mathai]

It also included this video produced by Sin Ee Peh for Coconuts TV that gave those working to abolish the death penalty in Singapore a platform to speak that is too rarely given by other local media outlets https://t.co/F0i1nCqcar

[Coconuts Jakarta @CoconutsJakarta]

Happy Star Wars Day, Indonesia!

In honor of #MayThe4thBeWithYou, we used @midjourney to reimagine Star Wars as an Indonesian space opera.

1. Dukun Vader

[Coconuts Singapore @CoconutsSG]

“Many observers have been shocked by how thin the evidence against him was and feel he should never have been charged, let alone convicted, to begin with. I agree.”
- @richardbranson https://t.co/nlZQiz8mK5

[Kirsten Han @kixes]

URGENT: #HR23, I’m calling for solidarity and support for Tangaraju s/o Suppiah and his family, who received an execution notice today informing them that #Singapore intends to hang him Wednesday 26 April for conspiracy to traffic around 1kg of cannabis. #StrengthInSolidarity

[Coconuts Singapore @CoconutsSG]

Tangaraju Suppiah was convicted of conspiracy to traffic 1 kg of cannabis in 2017.

Activists highlighted a number of issues with his case including his claim the police never gave him a Tamil interpreter for his recorded statement after he requested one.
https://t.co/XpT8Hn17I0

[Coconuts Jakarta @CoconutsJakarta]

Update: Freedom of speech is alive in Indonesia… as long as you have practically the whole nation backing you.
https://t.co/3e4iRA5Uv3

[Coconuts Jakarta @CoconutsJakarta]

Karen’s Diner is going from “get f*cked” to “peace be upon you.” #KareemsDiner #RamadanKareem
https://t.co/SXOJJ3EUzL