Regional Round-up Ep 27: Sarawak's state legislative election campaigns amid the Covid-19 Omicron variant
10:42 mins
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments in this weekly podcast.
Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs - standing in for The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez who is on leave - chats with Money FM's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish.
0:00 Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):
0:48 A record of 349 candidates contesting for 82 seats in the Sarawak state legislative election
2:56 Najib Razak's appeal to postpone 1MDB proceedings rejected by the court
4:39 The purpose and significance of Malaysia's Foreign Minister Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah's two-day official visit to China
6:01 Indonesia cancels year-end planned restrictions as Covid-19 vaccination rate and testing improves
7:05 Aung San Suu Kyi's jail sentence reduced from four years to two years, as Myanmar's military junta grants partial pardon
Produced by: Leslie Lopez (ljlopez@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Fa'izah Sani
Edited by: Dan Koh
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