Salim Bashir, Lawyer & Former President, Malaysian Bar

Faisal Aziz, Chairperson, Bersih

Ariff Adi Putera Anwar, Research Associate, Institute for Development Studies (Sabah)

Emmanuel Samarathisa, Journalist and Founder, The Malaysianist

Jerald Joseph, Former Commissioner, Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM)

Hamizah Shamsudden, Climate and Energy campaigner, Greenpeace Malaysia

Dr Shankaran Nambiar, Head of Research, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research

Ramachandran Muniandy, CEO and Co-Founder, Asia Mobiliti

Dr Mohammad Afzanizam Abdul Rashid, Chief Economist, Bank Muamalat

Dr Geoffrey Williams, Economist

Chong Ja Ian, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore

Professor Sibrandes Poppema, President, Sunway University | Phil Baty, Chief Global Affairs Officer, Times Higher Education

Dr Ferooze Ali, Senior Fellow, Asia-Middle East Center for Research and Dialogue

Tharma Pillai, co-founder, Undi18

Azmyl Yunor, Singer-Songwriter & Senior Lecturer at the School of Arts, Sunway University