Thilan Wickramasinghe, Head of Research Singapore, Maybank Investment Banking Group

Tham Hui Ying, Executive Director, Asylum Access Malaysia

William Pesek, Columnist, Nikkei Asia

Dr Bridget Welsh, Honorary Research Associate, University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute-Malaysia

Goh Cia Yee, Criminal LawyerFahri Azzat, Lawyer

Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Hj Shad Saleem Faruqi, Holder of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Chai, University of MalayaKiu Jia Yaw, Secretary, CERAH Anti-Haze Action Group and Co-chair, Malaysian CSO-SDG Alliance

Jerald Joseph, Human Rights Consultant and Former Commissioner, SUHAKAM

Dr Adrian Ang, Research Fellow Coordinator of United States Programme, S S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

P. Gunasegaram, Author

Ong Kian Ming, Former Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia

Professor Sibrandes Poppema, President and Vice Chancellor of Sunway University , Sunway University