Dr Francis Hutchinson, Coordinator of the Malaysian Studies Programme, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak InstituteSevan Doraisamy, Executive Director, SUARAM

Faisal Abdul Aziz, Chairman, Bersih

Khor Sue Yee, Co-founder and Director, Zero Waste Malaysia

Peter Beattie, Political Economist & Political Psychologist, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Rozana Isa, Executive Director, Sisters in Islam

Ahmet T. Kuru, Author, “Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment”

Ong Kian Ming, Former Deputy Minister, International Trade and Industry (MITI), Member of DAP

Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan, Executive Director, Malaysian Employers Federation

P. Gunasegaram, Author, “1MDB The Scandal That Brought Down A Government”Goh Cia Yee, Criminal Lawyer

Sarah Irdina, Former Sedition Act Detainee

New Sin Yew, Constitutional Lawyer

Dr Azmi Hassan, Senior Fellow, Nusantara Academy of Strategic Research

Rajat Khosla, Director, United Nations University International Institute for Global Health