How much has her case affected Malaysia’s attractiveness?
LAST Tuesday was one of those rare days where Malaysia made the front page of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. Alas, it was not for another feel-good story about Asia’s astonishing economic recovery, but rather the controversial case of Kartika Seri Dewi Shukarno, the part-time model who had been sentenced to six lashes of the cane for drinking beer in a Kuantan hotel.
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