As one of Malaysia's most well-known investigative journalists, Lopez has covered regional politics and business since the mid-1980s, reporting and delivering exclusive after exclusive for a number of local and foreign publications, including The Asian Wall Street Journal.

2024年9月24日 · It’s a subject that Malaysian journalist, Leslie Lopez, has dealt with in his first book, “ The Siege Within.” 1MDB remains a tale of cover-ups and deceit that roped in the glitterati in...

Malaysian journalist Leslie Lopez’s first book, The Siege Within, delves into the writer’s own archives of previously unpublished material to go back in time and show exactly how it was possible for a Malaysian prime minister to envisage his treacherous crime, and then to execute the dastardly deed. From its most ‘innocent’ beginning in ...

Leslie Lopez, a Malaysian citizen, has reported extensively on political and economic affairs in the region since the mid-1980s. After brief stints with two local newspapers in Malaysia, Mr Lopez, 60, served as the Reuters correspondent covering Malaysia and Brunei before moving to Jakarta as the Indonesian bureau chief for the Business Times ...

2019年4月19日 · Renowned Malaysian journalist Leslie Lopez has witnessed dramatic events while covering Southeast Asia and his country since he began work as a reporter in the mid-1980s. That has included...

By seamlessly weaving history, politics and intrigue, bringing nearly four decades of reporting to bear on The Siege Within, Lopez offers a narrative of epic proportions, revealing to the reader many previously undisclosed but explosive slices and moments of contemporary Malaysia before meticulously dissecting the 1MDB scandal with vivid story ...

Malaysia’s bid to revamp hiring of foreign workers faces pushback; activists say country’s reputation at stake

2022年7月20日 · On this week's Regional Roundup, Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, Straits Times gives an analysis of Malaysia's latest measure to 'blunt' the impact of an ongoing Omicron wave, Myanmar military leader's agreement for an ASEAN special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party, the kickoff of Philippine’s election ...