Kenya’s #Bleached Beauty

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We hear why sandwiches have become dangerous in Thailand and are becoming a key feature of the anti-coup movement. Several online activists and personalities have also been summoned by the army for a 'conversation'. One of those summoned is Verapat Pariyawong, a former adviser to the ousted deputy prime minister, currently in London. He tells us why he does not feel Thai people are now free to express themselves anymore. Also, skin lightening is under the spotlight in Kenya after a well-known socialite, Vera Sidika, revealed she has spent tens of thousands of dollars on the treatment - prompting the hashtag #BleachedBeauty. We talk to Vera Sidika, sometimes dubbed 'Kenya’s Kim Kardashian', as – like Kardashian - she is famed for posting pictures of her voluptuous bottom. But this time, it is her newly lightened skin she is happy to flaunt. And as she tell us, she remains unapologetic. Presenter Mukul Devichand is joined in the Trending studio by BBC Bangkok correspondent Jonathan Head and BBC Nairobi’s Ruth Nesoba.