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DW News Asia - April 2

Today on DW News Asia: Harsh laws in Brunei introduce the death penalty for adultery and gay sex. We'll hear from a human rights group calling the new penal code "barbaric to the core." Malaysia's former prime minister appears in court on corruption charges linked to the multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal. And a photo exhibition in Taiwan captures the grief of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's widow.

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