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Cell-by date: Malaysia’s ex-PM is jailed

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Najib Razak, prime minister during the massive 1MDB scandal in which billions went missing, lost his final appeal against corruption convictions. We ask what that means for Malaysia’s politics. Many American voters want the law changed on livestock welfare—but the law is pushing back. And past and present collide in the latest from the “Predator” film franchise. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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1:03.7

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. Today, from London, I'm your host,

1:09.2

Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:18.3

American voters are increasingly revealing their concerns for the welfare of livestock animals.

1:24.0

But efforts to change the law in some states are coming up against all kinds of resistance,

1:29.1

facing arguments ranging from the industrial to the constitutional.

1:34.4

And science fiction is often thought of as a futuristic art, but often it plums the past for its

1:40.6

settings and its hierarchies. We take a look at the newest installment of the Predator franchise

1:45.6

and find a historical setting for a very current kind of hero.

1:55.4

But first...

1:57.0

A Yom... A year's long prosecution has come to an end, and a former Malaysian Prime Minister is going to jail. I've got to dozed, but it's not yet what I'm going to talk of the ma'amah, but it's every what I'm going to hold from the Macamah

2:19.3

have been told

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