Gedebe: Being a Man in Kelantan
By Izzuddin Ramli
February 2023 FEATURE
ALMOST EVERYONE IN 1960s and 70s Kota Bharu knew who Mat Zin Korea was.. He was born and bred in Kampung Padang Bemban, a small farming village 12km east of Kota Bharu. At 14 and unable to stand the routine and strict discipline at school, he dropped out of Maktab Sultan Ismail and found himself falling deep into the notorious Kelantan underworld. As a gang leader, Mat Zin’s reputation spread through the peninsula, across the straits to Singapore, and over...
Izzuddin Ramli
edits Penang Institute’s Suara Nadi
and finds himself speaking to writers, researchers, and cultural activists in Bual Nusantara, a podcast channel maintained by the Institute.
