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                                <title><![CDATA[ Lawyers slam 'horrendous' crackdown on TikTokers as internet sees surge of public anger at Anwar government ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Are we North Korea?' Lawyers condemn cops' midnight swoop on TikTokers ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 05:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 2 nabbed from their homes in wee hours in latest clampdown on free speech ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 01:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ TikToker Muhammad Kamil Puteh and Bersatu's Aidil Qayyum were arrested over videos critical of Anwar Ibrahim. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ MCMC grills social media personality for posting screenshots without comments ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 04:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Prominent TikToker Ratu Naga says she was summoned for posting content on four topics, two of which were in the form of screenshots of news articles. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Fundamental freedoms and human rights backslide under Anwar, says global report ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Human Rights Watch says instead of fulfilling promises for reforms, Anwar Ibrahim's government expanded repressive powers to criminalise speech. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Top journalists say CMA amendments height of Anwar government's free speech crackdown ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 04:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It comes as the government is accused of seeking to expand offences that would constitute general criticism as part of misusing network facilities. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Lawyer who called PM 'scammer' becomes latest target of sedition probe ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Rafique Rashid joins a list of critics being investigated under the draconian law that Anwar Ibrahim had promised to repel. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Sedition charge against Muhyiddin: Has PH forgotten about 'Karpal derhaka'? ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Zaid Malek ]]></dc:creator>
                                <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[ Has the cat got your tongue, Ambiga asks 'friends' in DAP ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 07:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The former Bersih chairman criticises the continued silence of PH politicians who once championed freedom of expression. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Parliament cyberbullied? Don't make Malaysia a laughing stock, say lawyers ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 03:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Shameful of government to exploit public outrage on recent fatal case of cyberbullying to silence free speech, says LFL. ]]></description>
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