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                                <title><![CDATA[ Court orders Farhash to pay costs to MalaysiaNow after halting gag bid ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 05:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Tei names Azam Baki as officer who warned him not to expose Sabah mining scandal ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 05:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 02:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Turkish citizenship and cash to Africa': Police urged to investigate woman's claims against Anwar, Farhash ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 07:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Whistleblower Albert Tei questions the prime minister and his former aide for not taking legal action against Sofia Rini Buyong. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Khaled slammed for failing to explain long silence as 25-year old commando lays in coma after army camp assault ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 02:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Abdul Hamid Talib is currently being tube-fed in a government hospital after an incident which family members said they were not informed about for almost two months. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Malaysia dips in press freedom rating amid Putrajaya's clampdown on media, internet ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This marks yet another indictment of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's coalition government, which has increasingly gone after critics. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Are you setting up handphone shop?' Influencer blasts Fahmi, MCMC boss after being summoned for sharing news report ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Ratu Naga slams MCMC chairman Salim Fateh Din and Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil for using government agencies to target political critics instead of addressing online scams. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Clip surfaces of prosecution witness in Shamsul graft trial making explosive claims against Anwar, Farhash ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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