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                                <title><![CDATA[ MACC under fire over inconsistent stand on DBKL probe into pro-Anwar board member ]]></title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ This is unlike past cases in which the anti-graft body wasted no time to investigate corruption revelations involving similar government agencies. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Japan's top talent agency to dissolve after sex abuse scandal, over 300 seek damages ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Iraq seeks Interpol alerts for former officials over US$2.5 billion graft ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The scandal centres on suspected illegitimate cash withdrawals from the Commission between 2021 and 2022 totalling around US$2.5 billion, according to Iraqi officials. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ In squeaky-clean Singapore, two political dramas raise questions ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2023 08:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Singaporeans were shocked to be told that the transport minister had been arrested in connection with a graft investigation, and that two lawmakers were stepping down because of an inappropriate relationship. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Indonesia president names new communications minister after graft scandal ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2023 04:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Johnny G Plate, who denies wrongdoing, faces life imprisonment if found guilty of corruption in a project that saw an estimated US$534.94 million of state losses. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Trial opens for 50 Vietnam officials over rescue flight bribes ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 03:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The case is part of a major anti-corruption drive that led to President Nguyen Xuan Phuc's sudden resignation – an unprecedented move in communist Vietnam, where political changes are normally carefully orchestrated. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ PwC Australia says staff involved in tax leak face 'severe' consequences ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 03:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The firm has already placed nine partners on leave and named four former partners directly involved in the breach who have since left the firm. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Japan's biggest ad agency indicted in growing Olympic scandal ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 08:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The indictment followed the arrest this month of a senior Tokyo 2020 organising committee official and three others who were accused of rigging a string of Olympic Games-related tenders. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Indonesian businessman fined over US$370 million for stock manipulation ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2023 03:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Indonesian media dubbed the cases businessman Tjokrosaputro was implicated in some of the worst corruption scandals in Southeast Asia's biggest economy. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Fat Leonard, Malaysian contractor in US Navy bribery case, escapes house arrest ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 02:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Leonard Glenn Francis cut off his GPS anklet some time Sunday morning, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. ]]></description>
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