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  2. Malaysian lock-up detainee abuse scandal - Wikipedia

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    The Malaysian lock-up detainee abuse scandal (also known as Squatgate) is a scandal involving the abuse allegations of detainees (initially Chinese citizens) under the care of the Royal Malaysian Police ( Malay: Polis Di-Raja Malaysia, or PDRM) which occurred in 2005. The scandal began with complaints from two Chinese female citizens about ...

  3. Lat (cartoonist) - Wikipedia

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    lathouse.com.my. Dato' Mohammad Nor bin Mohammad Khalid ( Jawi: محمد نور بن محمد خالد; born 5 March 1951), more commonly known as Lat, is a Malaysian cartoonist. Winner of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2002, Lat has published more than 20 volumes of cartoons since he was 13 years old. His works mostly illustrate Malaysia's ...

  4. Caning in Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    Caning is used as a form of corporal punishment in Malaysia. It can be divided into at least four contexts: judicial/prison, school, domestic, and sharia/syariah. Of these, the first is largely a legacy of British colonial rule in the territories that are now part of Malaysia, particularly Malaya. [ 1]

  5. Alvin Tan (blogger) - Wikipedia

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    Alvin Tan Jye Yee (Chinese: 陳杰毅; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kia̍t-gē) is a Malaysian pornographic film performer. He gained prominence for a blog publicising his sexual activities with his girlfriend, and later became controversial for his criticism of Islam, leading him to flee Malaysia and seek political asylum in the United States.

  6. French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon dies at 88 - AOL

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    Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb around the world, died at age 88, French media reported. With his ...

  7. Sepak takraw - Wikipedia

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    Sepak takraw. Sepak takraw, or Sepaktakraw, [ 1] also called buka ball, kick volleyball or foot volleyball, is a team sport. It is played with a ball made of rattan or synthetic plastic between two teams of two to four players on a court resembling a badminton court. [ 2][ 3] It is similar to volleyball and footvolley in its use of a rattan ...

  8. Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam Video Clip

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    The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the V.K. Lingam Video Clip was formed in late 2007 to investigate into an allegation of illegal intervention into the judicial appointment process of Malaysian judges purportedly occurred in 2002. [1] The formation of the commission was a follow-up to a recommendation by a three-man panel which was tasked to ...

  9. Malay language - Wikipedia

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    Malay is the national language in Malaysia by Article 152 of the Constitution of Malaysia, and became the sole official language in Peninsular Malaysia in 1968 and in East Malaysia gradually from 1974. English continues, however, to be widely used in professional and commercial fields and in the superior courts.