Anwar Ibrahim came to power in Malaysia soon after ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak was jailed for his role in the $4.5bn 1MDB financial scandal.
He has faced criticism after a royal pardon slashed Najib’s sentence while alleged 1MDB mastermind, Jho Low, remains at large.
Anwar leads Asean this year as it confronts US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and rising transnational crime, including a cyber-scam industry in Cambodia worth billions of dollars.
Al Jazeera’s Mary Ann Jolley talks to Anwar about politics and corruption in Malaysia and his conversations with Cambodia’s PM Hun Manet before the controversial deportation of domestic worker Nuon Thoeun.
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