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answers are missing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Accountability doesn't end with a press conference.]]></description><author><![CDATA[B Nantha Kumar]]></author><link>https://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/886596-comment-dear-pmx-corruption-is-being-raised-the-answers-are-missing</link><guid>https://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/886596-comment-dear-pmx-corruption-is-being-raised-the-answers-are-missing</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0800</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Opinions]]></category><enclosure url="https://s.malaysiakini.com/i/XgZ0LMdKo7QgzTYH046-GUebLEA=/900x0/filters:strip_exif()/file/attachments/orphans/AnwarIbrahim1_441090.png" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Junta chief's visit: You cannot negotiate refugees out of existence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Years of Asean engagement have failed to stop the violence and displacement.]]></description><author><![CDATA[Charles Santiago]]></author><link>https://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/886544-comment-junta-chiefs-visit-you-cannot-negotiate-refugees-out-of-existence</link><guid>https://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/886544-comment-junta-chiefs-visit-you-cannot-negotiate-refugees-out-of-existence</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:00:20 +0800</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Opinions]]></category><enclosure url="https://s.malaysiakini.com/i/qa0SNk_RSN3-X5quIysVCLgsLAE=/900x0/filters:strip_exif()/file/attachments/orphans/MalaysiaPMAnwarIbrahimandMyanmarPresidentMinAungHlaingofficialvisittoKL0810262_936664.png" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Malacca's 'vote transfer' war: Who wins, who bleeds?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The contest may be closer than BN's dominance in the state assembly suggests.]]></description><author><![CDATA[Azrie Azeh]]></author><link>https://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/886493-comment-malaccas-vote-transfer-war-who-wins-who-bleeds</link><guid>https://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/886493-comment-malaccas-vote-transfer-war-who-wins-who-bleeds</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:33:34 +0800</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Opinions]]></category><enclosure url="https://s.malaysiakini.com/i/NbuXeNEimRhls9zoIjIKCerAF64=/900x0/filters:strip_exif()/file/publisher-c1a3f893382d2b2f8a9aa22a654d9c97/2023/08/4f0c290f9e66d90d4602f7673fda071b.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Do we need a Parliament? 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