tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2019-11-01T06:17:43+08:00 Peatix Lit_Books tag:peatix.com,2018:event-438373 2018-09-27T20:00:00MYT 2018-09-27T20:00:00MYT

With billions swindled in a scheme spanning almost the entire globe, the 1MDB scandal is the biggest and most convoluted financial heist in recent memory. WSJ journalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope document the rise of Jho Low, one of the key players behind scheme in their book, Billion Dollar Whale. Rarely has a book gripped the Malaysian imagination the same way that this one has, selling out almost immediately everywhere throughout the nation. To mark the publication of this instant classic, Lit Books will be hosting a book discussion led by Umapagan Ampikaipakan and featuring Ho Kay Tat, CEO and publisher of The Edge Media Group. The Edge was one of the few local newspapers that actively pursued the 1MDB fiasco at the height of the scandal, which in turn resulted in severe consequences for some of their staff.