101 East unique: Malaysia’s PM Anwar Ibrahim talks ASEAN, transnational crime, 1MDB, Najib and discovering Jho Low.
Anwar Ibrahim got here to energy in Malaysia quickly after ex-PM Najib Razak was jailed for his position within the $4.5bn 1MDB monetary scandal.
He has confronted criticism after a royal pardon slashed Najib’s sentence whereas alleged 1MDB mastermind, Jho Low, stays at giant.
Anwar leads ASEAN this 12 months because it confronts Donald Trump’s tariffs and rising transnational crime, together with a cyber-scam business in Cambodia price billions of {dollars}.
In a 101 East unique, Anwar Ibrahim speaks about politics and corruption in Malaysia and his conversations with Cambodia’s PM Hun Manet earlier than the controversial deportation of home employee, Nuon Thoeun.
