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S1E27: Sarawak's state legislative election campaigns amid the Covid-19 Omicron variant: Regional Round-up Ep 27

Published: Dec. 8, 2021, 10 a.m.

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Regional Round-up Ep 27: Sarawak\'s state legislative election campaigns amid the Covid-19 Omicron variant

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10:42 mins

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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia\'s top news developments in this weekly podcast.

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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.

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0:00 Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):

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0:48 A record of 349 candidates contesting for 82 seats in the Sarawak state legislative election

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2:56 Najib Razak\'s appeal to postpone 1MDB proceedings rejected by the court

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4:39 The purpose and significance of Malaysia\'s Foreign Minister Dato\' Saifuddin Abdullah\'s two-day official visit to China

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6:01 Indonesia cancels year-end planned restrictions as Covid-19 vaccination rate and testing improves

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7:05 Aung San Suu Kyi\'s jail sentence reduced from four years to two years, as Myanmar\'s military junta grants partial pardon

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Produced by: Leslie Lopez (ljlopez@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Fa\'izah Sani

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Edited by: Dan Koh

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