Martin Vengadesan

[3] He grew up in nine countries across four continents including the USSR, Japan, Laos, Belgium, Thailand, Mali, Senegal and the USA.

[10] Vengadesan also helmed the Star Online as news editor when it won bronze for best newspaper website at the Asian Digital Media awards in 2013.

[11] In 2018, he represented Malaysia at the World Editors Roundtable held in Brussels, Belgium and cautioned against the possible misuse of fake news legislation.

[12] He argued that the government of Najib Abdul Razak in Malaysia has passed the law to help clamp down on exposure of the 1MDB corruption scandal.

[19] A student of left-wing history, he met and interviewed figures of the Communist Party of Malaya such as secretary-general Chin Peng,[20] chairperson Abdullah CD[21] and women's leader Shamsiah Fakeh.

[27] He co-authored the best-selling true crime book Malaysian Murders & Mysteries with fellow journalist Andrew Sagayam which was published in November, 2019.

[28] Featuring stories on 42 of Malaysia’s most famous crimes, the book topped non-fiction sales charts and is now in its sixth print.

[29][30][31] Vengadesan’s second book was the absurdist dystopian science fiction novel Malaya 2057: A Thousand Moons Have Passed which was published in December, 2021.

[39] Based on a chess theme, the albums are entitled The Queen’s Gambit (2018), The Bishop’s Sacrifice (2019), The Knight’s Flight (2020) and The Rook’s Siege (2023).