Sun Sheau Huei
Director
Undercover Asia (2014)
Season 8
CNA's multiple award-winning flagship investigative series Undercover Asia returns for the eighth season to uncover the hard truths in the underbelly of Asia, and help us understand the plight of the disenfranchised and the displaced.
Released April 1, 2014
Episode 46 min
14+
S8E1 - The Suicide Epidemic (Thailand)
Thailand has the highest suicide rate in Southeast Asia and COVID-19 is making this situation even worse. But does the alarming statistic hide an underlying mental illness epidemic? Is the kingdom doing enough to stem the problem?
Jan. 11, 2021, midnight
S8E2 - Internet Blackout (India)
India leads the world in internet shutdowns. It holds the record for one of the longest digital shutdowns in a democracy. Why does the government disrupt the internet so often and who pays the price?
Jan. 18, 2021, midnight
S8E3 - Where Is My Pet? (Hong Kong)
Dead cats and dogs washed up ashore in Hong Kong, terrorising coastal residents. How did the pets end up there? CNA’s Wei Du investigates the gripping mystery.
Jan. 25, 2021, midnight
S8E4 - Online Health Products (Malaysia)
Malaysia's fast-growing ecommerce market for supplements is plagued by misleading claims and dubious products. What is behind this boom? And who pays the price of some of these exaggerated claims?
Feb. 1, 2021, midnight
S8E5 - Dying For Love (China)
60% of female suicides in China stem from domestic violence. Deeply entwined with traditional values and made worse by the COVID-19 lockdowns, what does it take to stem the tide?
Feb. 8, 2021, midnight
S8E6 - Nurses Wanted (Philippines)
COVID-19 leads to a reckoning in the Philippines. The world’s top exporter of nurses is facing a shortage of nursing staff, exposing a broken system that underpays and overworks its nurses.
Feb. 15, 2021, midnight
S8E7 - A Deadly Gamble (Philippines)
Feb. 22, 2021, midnight
S8E8 - The Ugly Side Of Beauty (India)
Mica, a mineral with reflective properties is what gives countless makeup products its iridescent shimmer. Behind the glitter is a controversial industry as mica is mined illegally in India.
March 1, 2021, midnight
S8E9 - Make Me Taller (India)
An investigation into a growing trend in limb lengthening surgery in India, where certain men and women, who believe their height is ruining their lives, are having operations to grow taller.
March 8, 2021, midnight
S8E10 - Shipwreck Robberies (Indonesia)
In what is being called ‘The world’s biggest grave robbery’, more than 40 shipwrecks serving as mass graves to thousands of World War II soldiers have been illegally plundered by salvage crews.
March 15, 2021, midnight
Network: Channel NewsAsia
Episode Runtime: 46 min.
Season Runtime: 3581 min.
Released: April 1, 2014
Last Air Date: May 19, 2023, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR / 14+
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