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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>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It is no longer a matter of perception that there is a systemic and organised pattern of industry interference in the formulation of public health policy. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ New bombshell over revelation that tobacco lobby dangled RM50 million bribe to ex-minister to drop GEG ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The revelation comes two years after Putrajaya announced it was dropping the generational endgame provision which was opposed by big tobacco firms. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Kampung Sungai Baru: Zaliha and government cannot wash their hands off ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It was the government, not the court, that compulsorily seized the property of the affected residents. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Drug addicts need treatment and rehab, not imprisonment, says health minister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Dr Zaliha Mustafa says prison is not the place to treat drug addicts. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 45 dengue deaths recorded since January ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 00:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa says dengue cases rose by 129.2% from 27,914 in the same period last year, while deaths increased by 136.8% or 19 cases. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Health minister sued by child rights, anti-tobacco groups for delisting liquid nicotine ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2023 04:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ They say Dr Zaliha Mustafa breached the Poisons Act as well as Malaysia's international commitments. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ No rush for fee changes in public health facilities, health minister says ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Azzman Abdul Jamal ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Dr Zaliha Mustafa says the proposal will be scrutinised before the government makes any decisions. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Tobacco control bill to be sent to special select committee for review ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 06:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This comes after several matters were requested for finetuning at an engagement session with stakeholders last week. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ New Covid cases down 9.9% ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 09:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said admissions of Covid-19 patients to health facilities also declined. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Health ministry updating Covid-19 SOPs ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 00:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa says an announcement will be made soon. ]]></description>
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