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                                <title><![CDATA[ Farhash could be your 'Jho Low', Rafizi warns Anwar ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 03:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Bersatu ticks off MACC's silence over revelation DPM's daughter on board of company awarded KL Tower concession ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Daim-obsessed' Anwar challenged to allow MACC investigate 'instant millionaires' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 05:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Perlis PKR chief, lecturer deny cronyism claims linked to govt firm, RM17 million research grant ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Council defends move to reject paralympics attire designed by DAP leader's sister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 04:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Paralympic Council Malaysia responds to remarks from the sister of Puchong MP Yeo Bee Yin who questioned the decision to stop her project ahead of the Paris Games. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Chow, you didn't know Baldev is your deputy's father-in-law? ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 05:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Are Chow Kon Yeow and his deputy Jagdeep Singh guilty of withholding crucial information to the Penang assembly? ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Selangor's DRT, 'ground-breaking technology' or nothing new? ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 04:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The demand-responsive transit service currently mired in allegations of cronyism has already been available for some time. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Bersatu tells Anwar to break silence amid storm involving minister's husband ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 07:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Hannah Yeoh told to resign as MACC says 'no conflict' in state project for hubby's company ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 06:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Former Penang DAP strongman P Ramasamy says Yeoh must be above cronyism and favouritism. ]]></description>
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