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Kenya’s #Bleached Beauty

Who is Kenya’s 'Bleached Beauty'? Plus, sandwiches and the Hunger Games - the secret language of internet symbols that has emerged in Thailand after the Army took power.

We hear why sandwiches have become dangerous in Thailand and are becoming a key feature of the anti-coup movement. Several online activists and personalities have also been summoned by the army for a 'conversation'. One of those summoned is Verapat Pariyawong, a former adviser to the ousted deputy prime minister, currently in London. He tells us why he does not feel Thai people are now free to express themselves anymore.

Also, skin lightening is under the spotlight in Kenya after a well-known socialite, Vera Sidika, revealed she has spent tens of thousands of dollars on the treatment - prompting the hashtag #BleachedBeauty. We talk to Vera Sidika, sometimes dubbed 'Kenya’s Kim Kardashian', as – like Kardashian - she is famed for posting pictures of her voluptuous bottom. But this time, it is her newly lightened skin she is happy to flaunt. And as she tell us, she remains unapologetic.

Presenter Mukul Devichand is joined in the Trending studio by Â鶹ԼÅÄ Bangkok correspondent Jonathan Head and Â鶹ԼÅÄ Nairobi’s Ruth Nesoba.

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Sun 15 Jun 2014 22:32GMT

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  • Sat 14 Jun 2014 10:32GMT
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  • Sun 15 Jun 2014 22:32GMT

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