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Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak leaves a court in Kuala Lumpur in 2019. Photo: AFP
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Malaysia halves Najib’s sentence, Hong Kong’s car-free village, China’s Picasso: 6 weekend reads you may have missed

  • From Malaysia cutting Najib Razak’s jail term to China’s ‘Picasso of the East’, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend
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1. ‘Don’t take us for fools’: Malaysians slam Najib’s reduction in jail time

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak waves as he leaves a Kuala Lumpur court on January 19, 2024. Photo: Reuters

2. Book extract: 32 bucolic years in a car-free island village in Hong Kong

In an excerpt from his new book, cartoonist and writer Larry Feign (above) pays homage to his carefree and car-free adopted Hong Kong home and its fascinating collection of colourful characters. Photo: Larry Feign

3. Nepal pitches itself as queer-friendly destination in bid to grow ‘pink economy’

Courtney Welton-Mitchell and Sarah Welton-Mitchell during their Hindu wedding ceremony at a temple in Kathmandu in 2011. Photo: Courtney Welton-Mitchell

4. Is Singapore ‘warning’ others by hauling up businessman for foreign interference?

Analysts said Philip Chan’s case has spotlighted alleged Chinese political interference in the city state. Photo: Shutterstock

5. After ‘Picasso of the East’ left China, his life was a mystery. Until now

Artist Chang Dai-chien was acclaimed for a wide-ranging oeuvre that included gongbi (a realist Chinese painting technique involving meticulous brushwork), traditional Chinese ink wash, and splashed-colour paintings (called pocai) reminiscent of Abstract Expressionism. Photo: Zhang Weimin

6. Global rice shortage, India’s export woes to worsen amid Red Sea attacks

Workers shovel harvested rice onto a pile to dry at a wholesale market in Narvana, India. India is the world’s top rice exporter, accounting for around 40 per cent of global rice shipments and exporting to more than 150 countries. Photo: Bloomberg
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