Hariz Baharudin

Hariz began his journalism career in 2015 at The New Paper, where he cut his teeth on human interest stories. In 2018, he joined The Straits Times as a political correspondent and later became assistant news editor. He was posted to Jakarta in 2022, where he covered Indonesia’s Asean chairmanship and a historic leadership transition. He returned to Singapore to cover the 2025 General Election and now reports on South-east Asia.