Malaysia: 1MDB, Climate Change and Comedy
PM Najib Razak is accused of corruption involving the sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. And, how the tea plantations of Cameron Highlands are threatened by climate change.
Malaysia is confronting its biggest political crisis for years, with the Prime Minister Najib Razak accused of involvement in a huge multi-billion dollar corruption scandal surrounding the state development fund 1MDB. Rob speaks to protesters and politicians and asks how influential the scandal will be on the next general election.
Plus Katie Hile investigates the impact climate change is having on the fertile lands of the Cameron Highlands. And, one of Malaysia's top comedians Harith Iskander talks about how to be funny in Malaysia without being arrested. Rob is joined from Restaurant Banji in Kuala Lumpur by newspaper journalist Amy Chou and Ben Suffian, who runs the polling company the Merdeka Centre.
(Photo: Student activists in Kuala Lumpur. Credit: AFP)
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- Thu 17 Nov 201601:06GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
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