00:00 - The trial of former Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Najib Razak begins today, 10 years after he was appointed as Prime Minister. Najib Razak will be tried for corruption and abuse of power. We speak to criminal lawyer Lim Chi Chau to help us understand the legal process.

06:45 - Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said that the federal government had spent RM 289 billion on operating and development expenditures in 2018, RM9 billion more than the RM 280 billion approved in the budget 2018.

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Sharidz Abdullah and Shou Ning Wong

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Tags:  trial,  corruption,  abuse of power,  budget,  over-expenditure,