the subcontinent economics has many billionaires. there reveling in their misfortune. there's a new rich list. of the start figuring. t.w. . this is. coming up on the program this week of musician. a lawyer or dad chinese state media . reports that he died. from prime minister. how did prime minister najib razak end up with forty two criminal charges against him. and. we look at the feeling pakistani national pride and brightening up it's just the high res.

british bandaging welcome to the avenues asia it's good to have you with us we begin in china where the fate of this man has prompted a diplomatic rebuke a clarification and then disbelief this is week abdulrahim pay it off the reports of his death in a chinese into internment camp video was released. my name is. today is february tenth twenty nineteen. i'm in the process of being investigated for allegedly violating the national laws . well that's them now in good health and have never been

abused as well as the last film of the other video purports to show hate alive but in prison prisons that are strong up across northwest china housing more than a million muslims in what china has called reeducation camps reports of the death of hate were prompted for the first time a rebuke from a majority muslim nation turkey it called the reintroduction of internment camps in the twenty first century a great shame for humanity and asked china to close the internment camps here is how the chinese government responded to i see myself i ain't got the turkish foreign ministry spokesperson statement said the famous weaker folk musician he yet died in prison while serving his second year of sentence but i saw his video online yesterday showing that he is not only alive but also very healthy happy joining me for more than london is write him a memo that she's a single and human rights activist has moved thank you so much for speaking to us i

just have to ask you at the outset do you still believe that observer heem. is still alive. thank you for having me i would like to be that he is alive but the radio that china has put raises a lot of questions for example there are no details about where these how the which isn't hey zain and also from the contents of what he said it sounded as if he was forced to repeat what he was told he said oh no we want you in that case in good health but we can see that the video on the radio ok look tatty is at least ten years old that that pay did be full but this follows a similar tone the china has employed in the boston rich people who have been accused of crimes against the state or whom the state is investigating suddenly appear in dumps of a video confession confessing to their crimes all making some such claims yes

this is a very common common act that china or chinese government also force that tries knows should do a lot to say what they are what they are forced to do what the crimes that of the regime how youth is in the prison for. he has no crime but according to his close friend who was arrested in april two thousand and seventeen because a lot of the songs that he sang and called a lot of fathers the whole act of the regime of delight i whole wrote the lyrics was also arrested at that time and there was a one phrase in all i want is general and that shape is that mark says a hole was misinterpreted by the chinese government as being a call for jihad the actual song was about remembering the brave father who

for the course back to protect that country and people and criticizing that young man off today colette responsibility and only like partying but this was. this was taken again from three mate now the turkish government is also the camps in. to be closed down do you think that this will have an impact on the chinese government this awful lot will we are very happy at least that turkish government at last speak up against this terrible act cross it is what is happening to we want people but i doubt it is giving how the chinese government always act to gain that all know why. but i do hope that that well take some effect. the united nations and other human rights bodies are multiple

decides these internment camps that china calls a reeducation camps. but these camps continue to exist do you think that the international community has faith in the wee goods of china. yes i can say so because if the government of the chinese government not only and close did not close that camps but expanding it continuously and they have that still arresting more and more people and different people into these camps and going through indoctrinate have programs and people stop on to stop this they these camps china's government keady committing and i guess if humanity and the international community i believe should do mall to try to stop this but for a moment mode singer and human rights activist joining us from london thank you

very much speaking to us next to mine this year where a court has deferred the start date of a corruption trial against former prime minister najib razak the trial was set to begin on tuesday it relates to his involvement in the one n.d.b. wealth fund he set up or he was prime minister in the present case prosecutors of alleged rosat pocketed a little over ten million dollars from the fund and that might just be the tip of the iceberg in to prove he has been hit with forty two charges linked to the fund the scandal over one m.t.v. was one of the key factors that contributed to his defeat in general elections last year up since then the government headed by prime minister mahathir mohamad has stepped up investigations into the case as more. he's adamant he's innocent and he's fighting back storming social media and remaking his image he's hit the airwaves with a cover of an old r. and b. song slamming the new government as liars. in all

night chip faces forty two counts of criminal breach of trust graft abuse of power and money laundering. soon after he was sworn in as prime minister in two thousand and nine he set up the one n.d.p. state development fund with saudi money to boost the economy. in twenty fourteen he seemed to be riding high hosting the asean summit in kuala lumpur but behind the scenes according to the u.s. department of justice no less than four and a half billion dollars were being stolen from the fund by not jobs associates the u.s. also says the money was then laundered outside the country and that close to seven hundred million dollars ended up in own bank account the stunning allegations of massive graft and mismanagement hit in twenty fifteen. sec the attorney general who started an investigation into the one n.d.p. scandal his successor said the seven hundred million had been a gift to not from

a saudi prince and there was nothing criminal about it. twenty sixteen people took to the streets to demand his resignation nonetheless the investigations were stifled. then in may last year not last the general election the new government reopened investigations into one n.d.p. nadji but his wife were barred from leaving the country policed seized the truckloads of swag from their properties cash jewelry and designer bags worth two hundred seventy million dollars. awaiting trial has been busy remaking himself as a man of the people and posting cool videos to facebook his new images casual and sporty just a regular guy to find suits and nowhere in sight. currying favor with the people is one thing convincing the courts of his innocence quite another if found guilty he

faces lengthy terms in jail. amid the hustle and bustle of the country's dusty highways there's always a few bright spots driving along truckers pay top dollar to adorn their rigs with intricately painted models it's a kaleidoscope of moving art that reflect social trends tracking the ups and downs of the country's political leaders and guys are talented artists will become a source of national pride. first picked up a painting brush at the age of six. the karate based artist spent his childhood playing at truck painting workshops. like father treat me while i was playing whatever games were appropriate for my age i started by coloring in the pictures of small bells that were never my hands could reach at the time i was just a small child starting a kindergarten and. getting over them. today he runs his own workshop where he and

his team decorate trucks like this one truck art has become a reflection of local pride as well as social and political trends after the assassination of prime minister benazir bhutto in two thousand and seven paintings of her became hugely popular more recently portraits of the current prime minister and non-con are in demand. but he says his art transcends political and national boundaries. international well but the message is also one of love and peace internationally and look princess diana was not from our country the people who got her picture painted. the pro-government the trucker see those pictures can attract more business but it's not cheap pimping your truck can cost anything between three hundred to nine thousand euros. but this one customer thinks it's worth it. i got to live in this country but now the entire

world can see the beautiful pakistani vehicles plying the roads. truck art has become one of pakistan's best known cultural exports he has seen his work exhibit overseas in the u.s. europe canada and other parts of asia. he's dream is to build a museum for his work but without the money for that right now the dream could be a long way down the road. most hours like this online i did. and don't forget to check out. while. leaving all with images of what's known as a cross between resting and rugby played during the.

crimes for against humanity. civilians succumb witnesses for. their recorders which is travel around the globe just social media. propaganda fiction and what is fact digital investigators combed through the flood of images they combine sources to try to reconstruct what happened and substantiate claims of crimes thanks to this video recording one of the soldiers who shot the young man is on trial now. false forensics between bits parts. truth detectives starts feb fifteenth on t w.

as u.s. sanctions continue to hamper the iran's economy the country celebrates the fortieth anniversary of its islamic revolution businesses there are pinning their hopes on a special mechanise now to keep trained with europe a lot. of push for the philippines despite right rising u.s. interest rates foreign investment is surging as president rodrigo rejects that the tries to profit from china's trade war with the us. this is business. forty years ago today radical islamic revolutionary succeeded in overthrowing the autocratic rulers shah of iran and with that they turned a market economy and body industrial state upside down the new leader ayatollah

ruhollah khomeini wanted an islamic economy is moved to crush opposition and execute political opponents many of iran's best and brightest to flee the country the seizure of hostages at the u.s. embassy led to decades of u.s. sanctions forty years on the iranian economy still finds itself isolated and once again by the u.s. government but the country remains as defiant as ever and is not without economic allies even reluctant ones to circumvent.