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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Global ratings rank M'sia's FOI bill among worst in the world]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[PSSC must take urgent action to bring it in line with international standards.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[C4 Center, et al]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:22:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Harapan's final kamikaze mission before losing]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[They should throw caution to the wind and deliver their promises for everyone's benefit.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Sia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Electoral system: Why Malaysia should emulate Thailand]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[There are calls to adopt Singapore's GRC or Australia's preferential voting, but let's look at Thailand's MMM instead.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wong Chin Huat]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Madani inflicts a gut shot]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Malay political operatives are always accusing each other of being race traitors.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thayaparan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Beacon of light dims after 69 years of independence]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A nation once brimming with promise now frets over political turmoil.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Phlip Rodrigues]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:15:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Beware the country of the blind]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A warning against silencing journalists who hold power accountable.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Murale Pillai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:41:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Could euthanasia be the last resort for strays?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Being an animal lover means more than feeding them and not wanting them dead.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zan Azlee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Mufti's comment against Hulu Langat MP: Selective criticism?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Tone of speech and context may have been ignored.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hanipa Maidin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Tabung Haji's accountability merry-go-round]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[We have seen such failures, lack of accountability too many times.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam Mokhtar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Directors' dereliction of duties: Rot that cannot be ignored]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Non-executive does not mean non-accountable.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[R Nadeswaran]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 02:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Almost D-day for DAP: Will it leave or stay in cabinet?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Only one good reason why delegates should vote for party leaders to leave.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ong Kian Ming]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:43:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | When will Ombudsman Malaysia be established?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The key reform promise has been delayed again and again.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[C4 Center, et al]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Let Umno, PAS manage Tabung Haji ]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Let 'saviours' of race and religion handle money belonging to working-class Malays.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Sia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 03:11:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Will the world respond to Gaza's suffering?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Gazans continue to show kindness in suffering, even as the world ignores their plight.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lim Chin Siah]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Don't blame racism for failure to understand voters' needs ]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ultimately, the people punished Harapan for not addressing pressing issues.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Woon King Chai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Hadi should show proof of DAP's 'eliminate Malays' agenda]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[PAS chief should also lodge police report, let authorities investigate.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hanipa Maidin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:31:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Anwar enabled Umno's comeback]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The party was given free rein to rebuild itself in Madani alliance.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thayaparan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Border integrity crisis: Why does KLIA keep falling short?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[We need to acknowledge and address weaknesses, not blame machines.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[B Nantha Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:10:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Lessons from Friday night basketball]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Our political leaders need to keep their eyes on the objective.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zan Azlee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Tabung Haji: Why the sudden 'extraordinary courage'?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[After years of silence, enforcement action has suddenly gathered pace.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[R Nadeswaran]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Should Nurul Izzah have entered politics in the first place?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[She inherited a legacy, but questions abound on whether she created one.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam Mokhtar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Selangor should cause greatest concern for PKR, Anwar]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Fight for the state begins now, not when assembly is dissolved.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mahathir Mohd Rais]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | From the Rahang trail - reflections on PSM's latest defeat]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An ideology-driven party does not fade because of electoral losses.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[S Arutchelvan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:30:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Anwar's reform promise undone by political appointments]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Public bodies shouldn't be rewards for political allies, loyalists.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[R Nadeswaran]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:36:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Can we balance love and hatred for dogs?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It is also disheartening that the issue seems to have taken a racial turn.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Sia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:33:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Harapan must return to reforms even if it's too late to fight BN-PN tide in GE16]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Institutional change could be coalition's final chance to rebuild public trust.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ong Kian Ming]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Nine hard truths: Madani's Negeri Sembilan defeat]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Time for PM to accelerate reforms, or risk becoming lame-duck leader.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bridget Welsh]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 03:17:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | PSM leaders, farmer charged while Nicky Liow gets his photo with PM]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[This is what we get when class conflict is buried underneath all the political hoo-hah.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thayaparan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[COMMENT | Where was the ancestral homeland of the Malays?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Let's separate historical facts from political rhetoric.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ranjit Singh Malhi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 07:21:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ADUN SPEAKS | Harapan must build a narrative, walk the talk]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Let's embrace transparency, show zero tolerance for corruption.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajiv Rishyakaran]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:33:45 GMT</pubDate>
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