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14/10/2016 GMT

Karishma Vaswani hears from former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and a panel of experts on why corruption seems endemic in some Asian countries.

A international web of alleged embezzlement and money-laundering involving billions of dollars: 1MDB is a financial scandal of Hollywood proportions. Governments have fallen over lesser rows but Prime Minister Najib clings to power. In this week's Talking Business, Karishma Vaswani hears from former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and a panel of experts on why corruption seems endemic in some Asian countries.

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