Asian Insider S1E23: Behind the murder in Canada of an anti-India Sikh
A conversation with a veteran Canadian commentator and author on Sikh separatism.
Synopsis: Join The Straits Times' associate editor and senior Asia columnist Ravi Velloor, as he distills his experience from four decades of covering the continent.
In this podcast, which comes after the bombshell accusation thrown by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Indian agents were likely involved in the June murder of a Canadian advocating Sikh separatism in India, he discusses the issues involved with Terry Milewski, a veteran Canadian journalist who has covered Sikh militancy and the separatist issue for four decades.
Highlights (click/tap above):
3:40 Who killed Hardeep Nijjar?
7:00 Looking for the ‘smoking gun’; How the Sikh community has reacted
17:20 Where’s the ‘Khalistan’ movement today
22:00 Canada’s ‘deadliest terrorist attack"
30:54 Trudeau’s high-stakes; 'Canada’s Indo Pacific policy is sunk'
Produced by: Ravi Velloor (velloor@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Teo Tong Kai and Fa’izah Sani
Edited by: Fa’izah Sani
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