Dr Gillian Koh, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Phyllis Bennis, Fellow, The Institute for Policy Studies

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

Zaid Malek, Director, Lawyers for Liberty

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

Dr Pradeep Taneja, Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies, University of Melbourne

Ben Suffian, Program Director, Merdeka Center

Kavin Jay, Comedian

Dr Syaza Shukri, Associate Professor, International Islamic University of Malaysia

Mohd Nazari Ismail, Chairperson, BDS Movement Malaysia

Professor Dwight H. Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank Research Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University

Sebastian Strangio, Southeast Asia Editor, The Diplomat

Associate Professor Dr Lee Kuok Tiung, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Dr Andrea Chloe Wong, Philippines' political analyst