{"id":82816,"date":"2016-11-12T08:32:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T13:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=82816"},"modified":"2016-11-12T08:32:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T13:32:35","slug":"duterte-turns-sentimental-karaoke-malaysian-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/11\/12\/duterte-turns-sentimental-karaoke-malaysian-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte turns sentimental at karaoke with Malaysian leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_82614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82614\" style=\"width: 4362px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Razak-and-Duterte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82614\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Razak-and-Duterte.jpg\" alt=\"Duterte sang Bette Midler's \u201cWind Beneath My Wings\u201d while Najib performed an upbeat version of \u201cThe Young Ones\u201d by Cliff Richards. (Facebook and PNA photos)\" width=\"4362\" height=\"2129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Razak-and-Duterte.jpg 4362w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Razak-and-Duterte-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Razak-and-Duterte-768x375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Razak-and-Duterte-1024x500.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4362px) 100vw, 4362px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duterte sang Bette Midler&#8217;s \u201cWind Beneath My Wings\u201d while Najib performed an upbeat version of \u201cThe Young Ones\u201d by Cliff Richards. (Facebook and PNA photos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia\u2014It wasn&#8217;t coarse language that got Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte attention this time; it was his crooning.<\/p>\n<p>He and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak performed karaoke at a state dinner in Malaysia on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte sang Bette Midler&#8217;s \u201cWind Beneath My Wings\u201d while Najib performed an upbeat version of \u201cThe Young Ones\u201d by Cliff Richards.<\/p>\n<p>They sang together to the &#8217;70s chart topper \u201cSha-La-La-La-La-La\u201d by Danish rock band The Walkers. Najib danced as he sang.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte, who&#8217;s well-known for using foul language, is on a two-day visit to Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>Najib told reporters that at their talks earlier in the day, the Philippines had agreed with Indonesia and Malaysia to allow security forces to make \u201chot pursuits\u201d in its territorial waters. The neighbours are seeking to combat ransom kidnappings at sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia\u2014It wasn&#8217;t coarse language that got Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte attention this time; it was his crooning. He &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":82614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95],"tags":[262,12620,1364,343,2444,3917],"class_list":["post-82816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-indonesia","tag-karaoke","tag-najib-razak","tag-philippines","tag-rodrigo-duterte","tag-state-visit","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}