Martin Vengadesan is part of Malaysiakini's editorial team. He previously worked at The Star from 1996 to 2018. He specialises in historical and research-based articles and also spent many years in the digital section as editor of The Star's iPad app and popular news website, The Star Online. He wrote two columns for The Star, Music Myths & Legends (2002-2012) and Watching The World (2013-2018), which touched on music history and world politics, respectively. He has served as General Treasurer of the National Union of Journalists and was formerly General Secretary of the Youth Wing of Parti Rakyat Malaysia and a vice-president of the Youth Wing of Parti Keadilan Rakyat. Andrew Sagayam is press secretary to the National Unity and Social Wellbeing Minister. He was a crime reporter, news editor and video producer between 1998 and 2019, serving with The Sun, The Malay Mail, The Star and Bernama. He has covered many of the most prominent cases of the last two decades, giving him an insight few others enjoy. He used his experiences to serve as a consultant for this book.
