About Ying Hooi Khoo

Khoo Ying Hooi, PhD is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of International and Strategic Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya. She is the author and editor of several books including, “The Bersih Movement and Democratisation in Malaysia: Repression, Dissent and Opportunities” (SIRD/ISEAS and Lexington Books, 2020) and “Rethinking Human Rights and Peace in Post-Independence Timor-Leste through Local Perspectives” (Eds., Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), She has been active in the works related to human rights and democracy in the Southeast Asia region for more than a decade.