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Journalism Might need to Mind Your Language

Reported in the New Straits Times on 27.8.2014 just days before Merdeka and on the front page. Written in a provoking manner it also seems to be written in a hurry.

"Resisting his decree..."

Normally they don't even refer to royalty like this after going through the editor and team. Children do learn the language through mainstream papers as they were suppose to have better writing skills and are articulate.

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