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Earlier this week British media reported that AirAsia and AirAsiaX were among those who allegedly received bribes from airliner manufacturer, Airbus. With top AirAsia board members on leave, what will the ensuing local investigations tell us about corporate governance in Malaysia. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to P Gunasegaram, Editor-in-Chief of Focus Malaysia.

US President Donald Trump presented his long-awaited Middle East peace plan, to Israeli fanfare and Palestinian outrage. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Guy Burton, Adjunct Professor, Vesalius College in Brussels about the design of the plan what it tells us about the balance of power in the region.

Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Murali Ram and Rexy Prakash Chacko, co-authors of newly-launched book 'Creating Future-Proof Cities, How to Navigate the Climate Crisis'. They discuss the use of technology is responding to the climate crisis and the success stories of cities taking the right steps to prepare for the future.

Melisa Idris speaks to Datuk Satinah Syed Salleh Council Member of the National Education Advisory Council for the 2018 to 2020 session about the importance of the English language in education reform.

The World Health Organization has acknowledged that China is in the midst of a medical emergency, but said it was too early to declare the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). It has described the global risk from the virus as High. What does it take for governments and global agencies to coordinate outbreak response policies? Melisa Idris and Ibrahim Sani speak to Dr Khor Swee Kheng, Senior Fellow of Health Systems and Policies at the University of Malaya, who is currently with the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford in the UK.

Melisa Idris speaks to misinformation expert Dr Ross Tapsell, Director of the Malaysia Institute at Australia National University in Canberra, about regulating social media, to curb the spread of disinformation.

The Chinese region of Xinjiang is home to millions of ethnic Muslim Uighurs, who have lived there for decades. Rights groups say hundreds of thousands have been detained in camps without trial, but China argues they voluntarily attend the centres, which were set up to combat "extremism". Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Dr Roy Anthony Rogers, Department of International and Strategic Studies at Universiti Malaya, about the disputed narratives in China’s treatment of the Uighurs.

Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to recently-appointed Kelantan DAP chairperson, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim. He shares his thoughts on the need to address fundamental uncertainties - openly and with civility.

A group Sabahans today gathered protest the controversial Sabah Temporary Pass, or PSS -- Pas Sementara Sabah - which is set to be rolled out on June 1st. This protest comes three days before the Kimanis by-election this Saturday. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Zaini Othman, political analyst at Universiti Malaysia Sabah to help us put the PSS issue in perspective.

The Electoral Reform Committee has presented its interim report to Prime Minister; it was based on 21 stakeholders' engagement sessions, conducted over the 16 months. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Thomas Fann, Bersih 2.0 Chairman about what the public should remember regarding this crucial plank in the reform agenda.