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I’m this close to my EPF money, don’t push it further!

November 28, 2025by fatbidin Leave a comment

In general, most Malaysians don’t see EPF as a pension. We see it as the one guaranteed lump sum we’ll ever have in life.

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column, journalism, malaysiakini, writing, zan azlee

Our kids should be scared of pop quizzes, not being killed

October 23, 2025by fatbidin Leave a comment

What happened in that school most probably isn’t just a one-off. It’s probably a symptom of a much bigger problem.

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column, journalism, malaysiakini, writing, zan azlee

Can you kick a ball well? Congrats, you’re now Malaysian!

October 17, 2025by fatbidin Leave a comment

Malaysia, the land of endless food, traffic jams, and now, international football scandals.

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column, journalism, malaysiakini, writing, zan azlee

Is Merdeka an exclusive party?

September 16, 2025by fatbidin Leave a comment

Wave the flag, enjoy the fireworks, and post your patriotic Instagram captions. But maybe also ask: who’s missing from this party?

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column, journalism, malaysiakini, writing, zan azlee

Does govt have an image deficit?

August 29, 2025by fatbidin Leave a comment

At the moment, the people’s trust, or at least the image that they have of the current government, is more like scepticism or even weary resignation.

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column, journalism, malaysiakini, writing, zan azlee

Fear of losing faith in our society

August 22, 2025by fatbidin Leave a comment

This isn’t just about politics anymore; it’s about a complete breakdown of what it means to be a decent human being.

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column, journalism, malaysiakini, writing, zan azlee

Tengku Maimun our catalyst to talk about the judiciary

July 18, 2025by fatbidin Leave a comment

This issue has brought back into discussion the need to amend the Federal Constitution to establish the fact that the executive must, in no way at all, be influencing the selection of justices in the judiciary.

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column, journalism, malaysiakini, writing, zan azlee

Fat Bidin also offers fixing services for international agencies

June 27, 2025by fatbidin Leave a comment

We spent the last four days with Singaporean producer Yuxin, coordinating conversations with various descendants of people in Malaysia’s history as well as subject matter experts.

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broadcast, current affairs, documentary, journalism, Media, television

Educate society on media literacy

June 9, 2025by fatbidin Leave a comment

Many politicians and political parties in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have been pioneers in how social media is used as propaganda to influence the people and the way they vote.

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column, journalism, malaysiakini, writing, zan azlee

Can a young girl in Malaysia pursue sports properly?

May 16, 2025by fatbidin Leave a comment

We had to change her to a different school, and to be honest, it wasn’t just because of sports.

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column, journalism, malaysiakini, writing, zan azlee

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Karthi, a disgruntled assistant on commercial productions, is working on an honest, personal film script, but his project is without industry backers. In the dispiriting pursuit of his dream, he loses his love and sinks into alcoholism, until he meets a kindred spirit adrift in the world.

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Journalist and documentary filmmaker, Zan Azlee, spends several weeks in Kutupalong, Bangladesh. It is the world’s largest refugee camp, housing close to a million displaced Rohingya. He catches a glimpse of life in the camp through the residents, assists a group of medical volunteers there, and even heads to the border and witnesses a group of several hundred Rohingya pleading for refuge who have just crossed the border from Myanmar.

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The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 369) – Blues
Karthi, a disgruntled assistant on commercial productions, is working on an honest, personal film script, but his project is without industry backers. In the dispiriting pursuit of his dream, he loses his love and sinks into alcoholism, until he meets a kindred spirit adrift in the world.

Fat Bidin Knows Everything (Ep 50) – Malaysia drops in Press Freedom Index
How is the state of our press freedom in Malaysia?

BERITA BUSTERS (EP 8) – BOLEH KE EKONOMI NAK PULIH SELEPAS COVID-19? / CAN THE ECONOMY RECOVER AFTER COVID-19?
Berita Busters adalah rancangan berita dan hal ehwal semasa yang bertujuan memberi maklumat pada orang ramai tentang Covid19 dan Coronavirus. Setiap minggu, hos Zan Azlee dan Sheril A. Bustaman akan berbincang dengan wartawan-wartawan yang sedang membuat liputan di lapangan tentang isu dan berita terkini.
Isu minggu ini – Pemulihan ekonomi.
Wartawan: Hadi Azmi (Benar News), Ian Johan Ariff (Astro AWANI), Soo Wern Jun (Malay Mail)

Just Chit Chat Lah (Ep 10) – Khai Aziz
Zan Azlee has a chat with punk rocker and anti-drug activist, Khai Aziz.

Fat Bidin Sdn Bhd has almost two decades of experience creating non-fiction storytelling via multimedia platforms as well as media and communication training and consultancy.

When it comes to content creation, videos have been one of Fat Bidin specialties, where documentaries, TV and online news packages and social media videos covering all kinds of issues from politics, conflict, preventing and countering violent extremism, culture, arts and campaigns (political, governmental, social-activism) have been produced over the years. Our clients and grantors have included; broadcast and online media outlets like CNN, Al Jazeera, TRT World, BBC, Channel News Asia, Astro AWANI, Media Prima, VPRO TV and Malaysiakini; governmental agencies and politicians like Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter Terrorism (SEARCCT), the Malaysian Minister of Education, the Malaysian Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living and the US Embassy Kuala Lumpur; as well as non-profit and non-governmental agencies like Think City, The Japan Foundation, The Asia Foundation and the Centre for Independent Journalism. We also delve in other mediums such as audio, photography and writing.

Among the trainings and consultation that we have conducted include various workshops and lectures on media strategies on countering violent extremism narratives for agencies like the Southeast Asia Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT), media relations consultancy for the former Minister of Education, Dr Maszlee Malik, and the late Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living, Salahuddin Ayub, as well as crisis communication simulations and media training for agencies like Lembaga Pembiayaan Perumahan Sektor Awam (LPPSA), Khazanah Nasional and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) as well as journalism training for professional journalists.

As you can see from this website, we also create a lot of our own unique content for our own platforms.

If you see that our ideals are aligned with yours, contact us and maybe we can collaborate!

We are available for hire

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