“Aren’t you scared?” This was a common response that Dr Phaik Kin Cheah would hear from people when she first joined the Royal Malaysia Police Volunteer Reserve (Sukarelawan Polis Diraja Malaysia) in 2014. At the time, the mother of two was dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Science at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman with a full-time job in academia and research.
“I joined to be a good example and to respond to the needs of
