claims of corruption and unexplained millions in mahathir mohamad's personal accounts.ling for a rethink of malaysia's growth strategy. the qualitycause of of the people who build up this country. the only thing that prime minister najib razak has done or decided upon is to build -- a necessary thing. >> credit agencies and analysts have said that economic policies have done good for the country, for instance the removal of subsidies, which you yourself were pretty much against. is ther: the result currency has devalued, share prices have gone down, people no longer want to invest in malaysia. they're are going to vietnam. -- to them,ot of the country is not doing well. is shared by everybody. cost-of-living has gone up. if you remove subsidies, the people cannot lean on the subsidies could they have to be on their own in an environment where costs have gone up tremendously. >> when we talk about the slow awn in malaysia, it is also sign of the slowdown in the rest of the world. external factors do come into play. internal factors also play a part. the value of currenci

mahathir mohamad led opposition leaders in a new campaign to get najib razak to step down. that najib razak has to go now. they will go across the country from city to city collecting signatures by the end of this year. at the moment, about 100,000, so still a ways to go. rishaad: this group is a fairly motley bunch, many of them were imprisoned by mahathir mohamad, so how can this alliance last? >> definitely. it is strange. allies inow temporary a bid to topple najib razak. they just want to bring him down as prime minister. havee moment, they don't any candidates to replace najib razak. they will decide on who replaces him later. they are probably not going to agree who will replace najib razak if they managed to get him out. rishaad: watch this space. thank you so much. some of the look at data that could influence the markets this week. do stay with us. ♪ .> it is 9:43 a.m. in hong kong these of the stories making headlines. north korea has threatened a preemptive nuclear strike against the u.s.. north korea has issued threats and fired missiles into the sea after bein

this campaign was started earlier this month when mahathir mohamad led opposition leaders calling forak to step down. they had their first rally yesterday. ist they will be doing ringing this message from city to city over the next couple of -- getto get india signatures by the end of this year, presenting it to the rulers to get their help in this quest. rishaad: the group is pretty , therate -- disparate question is how tightly bound are they? >> not tightly bound at all. strange bedfellows. toir call is for najib razak step down, but after that they have not decided what they can agree on. they aren't talking about who .ill replace najib razak they were just happy if he steps down. rishaad: thank you very much indeed. oust thet attempt to current malaysian prime minister, najib razak. coming up, man versus machine, and man is losing. stock exchanges consider reining in high-frequency traders. ♪ rishaad: you are back with "trending business". some of the stories, after petra china's disasters numbers, results from other oil giants. estimates not looking good. banks to attempt major