This painting depicting men, women, and children in an overcrowded boat is a personal response to the universal crisis experienced by migrants worldwide. Influenced by the media footage in which thousands of Rohingya refugees died on the open seas off Malaysia after being abandoned by human traffickers,the artist attempts to capture their desperation and the human instinct for survival in this work. The painting is titled “City Tales V” as it relates to the untold stories of migrant communities who now make their homes in Malaysian cities.