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                                <title><![CDATA[ Who is behind the RM50 million bribe offer to drop anti-smoking law? ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 04:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ High Court acquits Muhyiddin of bribery charges ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2023 01:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2023 08:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A ruling party member of parliament resigned from his post as a deputy minister after allegations that he accepted bribes from a wind power company, dealing another setback to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ MACC says 'nothing wrong' with Zahid dangling money for youths in exchange for votes ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2023 07:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Azam Baki says the allocations are part of federal initiatives despite his earlier warnings that any such payments can be considered as corruption. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Enforcement officer among two nabbed by MACC over RM100 million bribe ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The suspects allegedly approved visa applications for Bangladeshi citizens with a payment of around US$300 to US$500 per applicant. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Ex-special officer to minister nabbed over RM25,000 bribe to approve citizenship ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 09:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The suspect is being held under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ India probes bribery claim in toxic syrup tests ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 00:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A lawyer accused the state's drug controller, Manmohan Taneja, of taking a bribe of US$605,419 from Maiden Pharmaceuticals to help it switch the samples before an Indian government laboratory tested them. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Blogger remanded over RM1.3 million bribery claims in ministry project ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2023 11:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The project in question was worth some RM41 million. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ MACC nabs 2 Malaysian enforcement officers serving overseas ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It has also frozen more than 20 bank accounts as part of its probe into suspected bribery for the issuance of overseas visas. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Company director charged with offering Annuar Musa bribes to speed up KL Tower deal ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 05:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Abdul Hamid Shaikh Abdul Razak Shaikh and his company, Hydroshoppe, have claimed trial to the charges against them. ]]></description>
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