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                                <title><![CDATA[ Enough is enough, pro-govt sycophants should focus on Sabah students' message ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 02:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Burning of objects is recognised worldwide as a legitimate form of democratic protest, so why are authorities worked up over the burning of PM's caricature? ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ If Malaysia is not Nazi Germany, stop harassing Shafee ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 02:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ If lawyers cannot do their job freely and without hindrance, the freedoms of ordinary Malaysians will be jeopardised. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Anwar must speak out against inflammatory campaign targeting 'kuil haram' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The prime minister's labelling of a temple as 'illegal' has contributed to  increasing intolerance online ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Jailing elderly man for 'false' post shows govt's backdoor anti-fake news act ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 05:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Anyone can make an honest mistake. Are they to be jailed for this? ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Lies followed by threats in arrest of Suaram director ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 06:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Footage clearly shows Sevan Doraisamy was arrested. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Sedition charge against Muhyiddin: Has PH forgotten about 'Karpal derhaka'? ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 03:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Agong is a constitutional monarch, not a feudal ruler. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Licensing social media: PH government's latest attempt to shut down criticism ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 03:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This is a government which is increasingly intolerant of criticism, and surely it cannot be given the power to license social media platforms. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Are we now emulating North Korea? ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 01:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ If the PM feels that he has been defamed, he must file a civil suit like all other citizens. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Azam Baki, get your facts right ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 02:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The federal government must step in and carry out a proper inquiry on MACC's breach of lawyer-client privilege. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Hannah Yeoh, stop misleading the public on citizenship bill ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 03:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Thousands of stateless children born overseas to Malaysian mothers will receive no benefit whatsoever from this bill. ]]></description>
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