The Malaysian Job
How Wall Street enabled a global financial scandal.
How Wall Street enabled a global financial scandal.
Andrew Cockburn Harper's Magazine Apr 2020 40min Permalink
The intertwined destinies of Siti Aisyah, a 25-year-old devout Muslim villager turned prostitute and eventual assassin, and Kim Jong-nam, who was raised as the heir to the North Korean dictatorship and died in a Malaysian airport.
Doug Bock Clark GQ Sep 2017 30min Permalink
How a retired Swiss banker ended up behind bars in Thailand for uncovering a scheme that included the Malaysian prime minister and billions of in laundered money that was spent on everything from parties with Paris Hilton to backing for The Wolf of Wall Street.
Randeep Ramesh The Guardian Jul 2016 25min Permalink
In California, Jeff Lee is a business school student at Stanford with an almost unhealthy work ethic and a penchant for selfies. In Malaysia, he’s teaching women how to win beauty pageants.
The despair behind the puzzle of what happened to Malaysian Airlines flight 370.
Sean Flynn GQ Mar 2014 25min Permalink
“Okay,” I said. “What do you think is the percentage chance that I’m right?”
“I don’t know,” she said. “Five percent?”