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Aqil Haziq Mahmud

Correspondent at CNA Digital

Aqil Haziq Mahmud reports on Malaysian politics, regional geopolitics, defence and security.

Haziq joined CNA Digital in 2017, reporting on the Singapore Armed Forces and its military exercises in Australia and the United States. He was also deployed to New Zealand in 2019 to cover the Christchurch mosque shootings.

In 2022, he was tasked to cover Malaysia issues. His first assignment was to report on the country’s 15th general election. 

In 2024, he won a Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) award for excellence in arts and culture reporting, for his report on Kedah's ancient civilisation in Bujang Valley.

Haziq has a communications degree from Nanyang Technological University and was previously news editor of its campus newspaper.

Haziq can be contacted at aqilhaziq.mahmud [at] mediacorp.com.sg.