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                                <title><![CDATA[ Court rejects Bestinet's bid to silence Bloomberg, Rafizi, Latheefa and three local media outlets ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ High Court judge Roslan Mat Nor rejected the ex-parte injunction filed by former Bangladeshi national turned Malaysian citizen Aminul Islam and his company Bestinet. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Damning Bloomberg report implicates Putrajaya in giving second life to Bangladeshi-owned firm accused of human trafficking ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ ‘Stinks to high heaven’: Ex-MACC boss slams NFA for Zahid ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 03:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Latheefa Koya refers to the sudden absence of a ‘tough prosecutor’ and the fact that the Umno president is crucial to Anwar Ibrahim’s political survival. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Latheefa slams 'theatrical' Anwar, says Malaysians benefited nothing from his government ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 06:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ From the prime minister's claims of waging a war against corruption to his trips abroad to attract investments, the former PKR leader and MACC chief says the government has failed the people. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Shamsul should be rewarded like Farhash, says ex-minister after revelation of Anwar's intervention on election night ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Zaid Ibrahim says the post of political secretary is a demotion for Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin, whose sacrifice ensured that Anwar Ibrahim could realise his prime ministerial ambitions. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Zahid's daughter slams Anwar's political secretary for 'stupid' comments on dad's narrow win ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 12:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin's account of how he was prevented by his party chief from contesting his narrow defeat to Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi seems to hit a raw nerve in the Umno leadership. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Lawyer demands status of 'thorough investigation' promised by MACC, AG in granting DNAA to Zahid ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 01:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It comes after the prime minister was grilled by a US-based network on the decision to drop 47 charges against his deputy. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Umno eyes return to delegates system in party polls as Zahid seeks to tighten party grip ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A proposal to revert to the previous system, which limits voting rights to just 2,500 delegates, has raised concerns about money politics. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Najib's future returns to haunt Anwar govt, and Zahid, as questions abound over 'royal addendum' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Umno leaders want answers to why the party chief did not report the Agong's demand earlier. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Window opens for Zahid to ride off into the sunset – but at Anwar's cost ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2023 06:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Umno president's stranglehold on his party has been a rock for the prime minister over the past year. ]]></description>
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