There has been an uptick in racially-charged hate speech on Twitter, as the COVID-19 pandemic developed. While racialised like this are happening all over the world during the outbreak, it’s quite interesting to deconstruct the way it’s happened here in Malaysia. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Tham Jia Vern, Researcher at The Centre, author of “Like a Virus: How Racial Hate Speech Looks Like in Malaysia During the COVID-19 Pandemic”.