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I'm Hanna. I'm Sruti. And welcome to Redhanded, where this week...

We have a really truly spooky bitch for you, because we're hopping over to Malaysia for some black magic, politics, money, power and fame.

And shout out to our Malaysian listeners because I know contrary to popular belief there are actually people in Malaysia listening, possibly right now with their ears.

It's like when we cracked Mongolia, that was a big day.

Oh, absolutely. I think that's all my favourite place. I think we live to our Mongolia.

I like the one guy that's listening in Suriname.

Oh, he's my favourite.

Hello.

No one in North Korea yet.

Well, it's only a matter of time.

I wonder why.

So, we're off to Malaysia. And we're starting off in Kanga, which is in the Malaysian province of Perlis, which is on Malaysia's northernmost peninsula.

And the central character of our story this week was born in Kanga in 1956 on the first of January, with the name Manza Ismail.

Manza, like lots of little girls, wanted to be a pop star when she grew up. And for her, this dream would come true.

Kind of.

What did you want to be when you grew up?

Can I guess?

Yeah.

Engineer.

My father is an engineer and I have a brother and only two first cousins and all three of them are also engineers.

So, I am the only cousin that is not the only child in both sides of our family who is not an engineer, basically.

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