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Malaysia usually features at the periphery of international news, recent events have thrust the Southeast Asian nation into the limelight. In 2015, after recovering from the two airline tragedies of the previous year, Malaysia found itself again in the headlines of the international press. Since then, allegations of mismanagement of funds in the state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhard (1MDB) have dominated the news. 1MDB was set up in 2009 when Prime Minister Najib Razak came into office, and was supposed to oversee Kuala Lumpur’s transformation into a thriving commercial hub.

Reuters Institute Global Journalism Seminar in collaboration with the Chandler Sessions on Integrity and Corruption.

Join Jane Bradley, New York Times correspondent, and Mitali Mukherjee, Director of Journalist Programmes at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism as they discuss the role of news reporting in combatting corruption. This special collaboration with the Chandler Sessions on Integrity and Corruption will see contributions to the discussion by editors and journalists from countries including Kenya and Peru, RISJ Journalist Fellows, and Chandler Session members.