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Yesterday, the five-person apex court bench chaired by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun unanimously dismissed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's appeal to quash his conviction over seven criminal charges as well as the sentencing. We speak to P. Gunasegaram, Author of 1MDB The Scandal That Brought Down A Government and Goh Cia Yee, Criminal Lawyer on this verdict and the court process.

相较于市场引燃的锂电池，液流电池技术因其独特的安全性，正在被市场所重视，而其中一个非常重要的应用场景，便是应用在现有的电动车充电服务。新加坡VFlowTech公司作为研究液流电池技术，他们已经分别在韩国和澳洲，利用钒电池储能系统提供电动车的解决方案。本期的节目中，公司策略业务负责人Eric Lau将阐述钒电池的未来。

More details continue to emerge on the Ministry of Defence's award in 2011 of a RM9 billion contract to Boustead Naval Shipyard for six littoral combat ships. PKR MP for Subang, Wong Chen, helps us sift through some of these details and how this scandal might shape the trajectory of GE15 similar to how 1MDB did for GE14.

It has been 6 months since Russia invaded Ukraine. We talk to Denys Mykhailiuk, the Chargé d'Affaires at the Ukrainian Embassy, on the country's 31st Independence Day to find out what is the way forward and if peace is ultimately achievable.

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The SRC International corruption trial has ended with the Federal Court upholding Dato' Seri Najib Razak's 12-year prison sentence and RM210 million fine. Dr James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Tasmania, breaks down what this means for Umno and Malaysia, with the 15th General Election just up ahead.

With inflation at 8.5% but data points suggesting a slower economy, will the Federal Reserve take on a more dovish tone? Brian Arcese, Portfolio Manager & Equity Analyst at Foord Asset Management tells us his expectations.

The winner of the 2nd Fixi Novo Malaysian Novel Contest, Not A Monster is a crime thriller, focusing on a mysterious serial killer, Shadowman, and the investigators intent on hunting him down. But alongside this, it also asks questions about the nature of good and evil, and what it means to be, well, not a monster. We speak with author Chua Kok Yee about where this story came from, the process of writing it, and handling content with darker themes. And then in Footnotes, we review the book. 

A dragonslaying knight and the last dragon left are forced to team up in order to defeat an evil, almost immortal king. A thoroughly 1990s fantasy film, Dragonheart rose above its middling reviews to achieve cult status amongst its fans, thanks at least in part to the fact that Draco the dragon was voiced by none other than a certain Sir Sean Connery. We revisit the movie and talk about whether it still soars.  

We look at what the verdict for former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's in the SRC International Sdn Bhd scandal's mean for anti-corruption efforts.

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We look at what the verdict for former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's in the SRC International Sdn Bhd scandal indicates for governance and public trust in Malaysia.