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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by Poh Ah Pak @ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:02:20 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Just delete fucking thread.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:02:20 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by Poh Ah Pak @ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:51 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Moderators, you can just fucking delete the entire fucking
thread.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don't want ISD fuckers to stir up trouble.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A detainee remembers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.singapore-window.org/tfhmemo.htm" rel=
"nofollow"&gt;http://www.singapore-window.org/tfhmemo.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=
"color: #000000; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Singaporean
cyber-dissident speaks his mind&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
By Martyn See&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
SINGAPORE - Robert Ho is arguably Singapore's leading
cyber-dissident. In late 2001, Ho was arrested in his home for
allegedly posting "inflammatory" articles online during the general
elections, representing the first-ever case of its kind.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In 2002, after an as-yet-unspecified article(s) was posted on the
soc.culture.singapore newsgroup, police entered his home, seized
his computer and served him a summons to attend an
investigation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Three weeks later, he was forcibly taken to a police station by
officers who entered his home without a warrant or a charge. In
2005, on returning from a shopping mall where he had distributed
flyers alleging electoral fraud, he was again apprehended and his
computer seized.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In all, he has been arrested an additional three times since 2001,
and on repeated occasions the authorities have remanded him at a
mental institution. He has yet to be prosecuted for any of the
alleged offences, although a criminal-defamation case is still
pending from 2002.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
While other critics, including international publications, have
yielded to defamation threats from Singapore's political leaders,
Robert Ho has emerged from his arrests and detentions even more
recalcitrant against the establishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Singapore's political cyberspace, where fear of surveillance and
potential libel suits have compelled many dissident netizens and
bloggers to post articles under pseudonyms, Ho continues to stick
his neck out by disclosing his real identity online.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;See:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; In 2001, you became the first
person in Singapore to be arrested for posting an article on the
Internet. What happened?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ho:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; On November 16, 2001, about 11:15am,
eight serious stern men rang my doorbell and came into my flat.
They quickly searched my entire flat, asked for my computer and
took it as well as every single computer-related device from
printers, floppy disks, CD-ROMs [and] modems to cables.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
They then took me away to the CID [Central Investigation
Department] Police Cantonment Complex. Being arrested and having
all my entire computer system confiscated was quite unnerving and
disconcerting. The handcuffs were locked on so tight I suffered a
pinched nerve in my left wrist for weeks after.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At the CID, I was questioned for hours, during which I dictated my
statements to [police official] Soh Kien Peng. I finished the
statements around 14:05pm, pleading not guilty in summation to the
charge of posting in soc.culture.singapore my article entitled
"Break the law and get away with it, like PAP", posted on October
19, 2001. This article is also posted in "Singaporeans for
Democracy" at www.sfdonline.org. [This was a reference to the
ruling People's Action Party.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After my statements were recorded, edited and signed, I was taken
to a cell where I was to spend the night on the bare floor. The
next morning, I was driven to the Subordinate Courts, where I
awaited my turn for the judge to deal with me. We accused were
processed like an assembly line, with each one getting very limited
time or attention. Singapore efficiency, if you like...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IA20Ae01.html" rel=
"nofollow"&gt;http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IA20Ae01.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:51 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by ceecookie @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:53:19 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Poh Ah Pak,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If i have "dirtied" the thread,i apologise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However,what i want in the end is the same as yours(as with
several other unnamed people), i want the PAP regime to finally end
and true democracy to start.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Of course,there's different tolerence of the unhappy citizens of
Singapore.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Having PAP remaining as a (minority) party after the Event,
which can be a peaceful protest or a violent one nevertheless, is
fine to me. All i ask for, is for the laws to be amended to give
the opposition and new parties more power and absolutelly no
restriction at all.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
However, due to the nature of strict communist-like control that
PAP holds over the political state of Singapore,a peaceful lasting
protest may not be possible.I will not elaborate on the
alternatives as i do not want to alert the ISD in labellng me as a
potential risk.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I admit that the previous post was fanatical and
revolutionary-sounding,but bear in mind that this is due to my
hatred for the PAP and Lee Kuan Yew,and often can be bullshit if
you want to label it as.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All i can say is - the tension of the citizens is rising every
year,slowly and waiting to burst out. The PAP regime will not be in
power for long,whether measured in years or decades.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now,please remove the quotes.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by Poh Ah Pak @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:32:45 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Okay lah, I think better remove the quotes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Don't play around with the fucking ISD.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Moderators may have to step in.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:32:45 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by ceecookie @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:37:40 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by Bentsb05:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;wa!!!! looks like u have a making of a top movie
producer.....orhhhh!!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;is it&amp;nbsp;a bloody scene or bloodless ahh??? when r u calling
for audition?? how much can u pay for the cast huh?? got capital or
not???&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Even you admit its a joke...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;remove the quote guys,its all bullshit when there's no support
and even if isd wanna be bothered,why cant they act on other
threads in the Speakers Corner section?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:37:40 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by shade343 @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:26:16 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by elementalangel:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;just let PAP be.. its not like we are suffering under them..
infact i think they did quite a good job...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;if the opposition has the quality.. no matter how much PAP
"bend" the rules.. the opposition would still win..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Heard of a person named Daw Aung San Suu Kyi?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:26:16 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by elementalangel @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:21:15 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;just let PAP be.. its not like we are suffering under them..
infact i think they did quite a good job...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;if the opposition has the quality.. no matter how much PAP
"bend" the rules.. the opposition would still win..&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by Bentsb05 @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:59:43 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:59:43 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by 00011000 @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:49:53 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by deathmaster:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;careful ISD later go storm down ur door tonight, and drag you to
whitley detention center.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yeah man you can't post something like dat here...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
you may find yourself listed as a terrorist....&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
only to spend your next 40 years of your life in&amp;nbsp;some ISD
holliday camp.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by 00011000 @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:39:21 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;"the SAF is controlled by the Government."&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Yo bro, all of you are the men in green uniform, man&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by Miracles&amp;amp;Prophecies @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:36:49 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;LKY and family reign of terror should come to an end for your
god damn conscience or what is left of it.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:36:49 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by deathmaster @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:33:36 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by ceecookie:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What we need to do is to organise a coup-de-tat with the
citizens rioting against the PAP Govenment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But an overthrow is difficult when the Ministry of Defense and
the SAF is controlled by the Government.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I suggest that the soldiers in the Singapore Armed Force and in
the MINDEF organise a mass-mutiny first to assasinate the Defense
Minister,and after ceasing the control of the Government, then will
a coup be possible because Lee Kuan Yew finally no longer has
control of the state's army.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The total head count of the National Servicemen can already make
up a significant amount to do a mutiny.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A foreign power's help will be very feasible and needed in this
case.I hope to see the United States supporting and helping us in
the Revolution.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;careful ISD later go storm down ur door tonight, and drag you to
whitley detention center.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:33:36 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by Bentsb05 @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:01:30 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:01:30 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by ceecookie @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:36:20 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Ok,its a little too far,but comeon, u think all this can be
possible without any support?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As long as people dont support me, this is all bullshit and ISD
probly says i have a very good writing skills and have nothing
better to do.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Comeon,remove the quote&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:36:20 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by drawer @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:21:27 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Lee Kuan Yew n his silver-spooned kid son will not tolerate any
kind of protest,not even a peaceful one.Hmmm....perhaps they prefer
violent revolution,just like the one happening in France in the
18th century.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Lee Kuan Yew and PAP regime's great fear and Dr Chee's hope replied by Poh Ah Pak @ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:26:27 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The decline and fall of Nepal's last king&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gopal Sharma&lt;br /&gt;
Reuters North American News Service&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Jun 11, 2008 09:16 EST&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
KATHMANDU, June 11 (Reuters) - &lt;strong&gt;Not long ago he was revered
by some as a Hindu god, waited upon by thousands of royal palace
retainers. His face adorned banknotes and the national anthem sang
his praises.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Now Nepal's former King Gyanendra is vilified, has lost his crown
and is being forced out of his palace.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A specially elected assembly voted overwhelmingly to abolish the
239-year-old monarchy two weeks ago, leaving Gyanendra to go down
in history as the last king of Nepal. Gyanendra will now move to an
old royal hunting lodge just outside the capital until he has a
chance to find a permanent home.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Addressing a first-ever press conference at the Narayanhiti royal
palace in Kathmandu on Wednesday, Gyanendra vowed not to leave the
country but stay in Nepal and work for the people.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The 60-year-old businessman-turned-monarch has only himself to
blame, many Nepalis say, after an ill-judged power grab in 2005
when he dismissed the government, jailed politicians and declared a
state of emergency.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gyanendra was apparently fed up with Nepal's corrupt and squabbling
politicians and decided only he could rescue the country from a
deadly Maoist insurgency.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The attempt backfired, and &lt;strong&gt;he was forced to back down the
following year after weeks of street protests that ultimately
sealed his and the monarchy's fate.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
CHILD KING&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As a three-year-old boy Gyanendra was thrust on the throne in 1950
when his grandfather briefly fled to India, in the midst of a power
struggle with the country's hereditary prime ministers, the
Ranas.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When King Tribhuvan returned a few months later, Gyanendra
retreated once more into the background, building a fortune in tea,
tobacco and hotels and getting involved in environmental
conservation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Then, nearly seven years ago, his more popular brother King
Birendra and eight other members of the royal family were shot and
killed by the crown prince, who then turned his gun on
himself.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gyanendra was back on the throne, and like many of his
predecessors, he was brought up to believe he knew better than his
subjects what was best for Nepal.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The massacre had broken the mystique of a monarchy once revered as
incarnations of the Hindu god Vishnu, while Gyanendra's seizure of
power unleashed the wrath of the people.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
"I think he is getting what he deserved," said 48-year-old labourer
Suntali Khatri, breast-feeding her two-year-old daughter next to a
building site. "He could not ask for more."&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
OVER-AMBITIOUS?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gyanendra went to school in Darjeeling, a hill station in eastern
India, and graduated from Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mohan Prasad Lohani, who taught him English in university, said he
was an irregular student -- more interested in politics than
studies. "He had his own notion of how things should change. He was
very ambitious," he said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That ambition could have been his downfall, analysts say. And it
has been a dramatic fall from grace.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the past two years, the government has seized thousands of acres
of royal lands, nationalised more than a dozen of his palaces and
sacked his priest in a purge of palace employees.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Virtually confined to his palace, the king had his annual allowance
cut, been hit with tax demands and requests for unpaid electricity
bills. He has seen his face replaced by an image of Mount Everest
on the country's banknotes and praise of him purged from the
national anthem.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But royalists who have met him said he has taken it all calmly, and
he looked composed and even smiled during his address to the
press.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Some royalists argue that the hasty abolition of the monarchy could
backfire and leave the country without the anchor it needs in times
of change. But royalist parties won just four seats in the
601-member assembly in April.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
While many Nepalis liked the idea of a constitutional monarchy, few
like the idea of being ruled by Gyanendra or his unpopular son
Paras, who has a reputation as a playboy and a reckless driver.
(Writing by Gopal Sharma and Simon Denyer; Editing by Bappa
Majumdar)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=207222" rel=
"nofollow"&gt;http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=207222&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;In a situation like ours, however,
&lt;strong&gt;there is no realistic chance of an opposition party winning
the election and displacing the PAP as the ruling party.&lt;/strong&gt;
This is because the &lt;strong&gt;PAP keeps changing the rules&#8212;and
introducing new ones&#8212;to make it impossible for opposition parties
to win any significant number of seats.&lt;/strong&gt; It is just not
realistic or intelligent to attempt to change the election system
that the PAP controls &lt;strong&gt;by going through the election system
that the PAP controls.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;It is, therefore,
important to seek an alternative path to make our elections free
and fair. &lt;strong&gt;The only solution is for citizens to exercise
their rights through peaceful mass protests to compel the PAP to
accede to the people&#8217;s demands for a free and fair election
system.&lt;/strong&gt; The immediate reaction of Singaporeans would be
that public protests in Singapore are banned. In such a case how
are citizens going to organize a mass movement? The answer is
through the use of non-violent action (see below).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/the-party/why-we-do-what-we-do"
rel=
"nofollow"&gt;http://www.yoursdp.org/index.php/the-party/why-we-do-what-we-do&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lee Kuan Yew's nightmare:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=
"http://www.bilaterals.org/IMG/jpg/capt.bf27f6d66c11424f946a1fa2bc597860.south_korea_us_beef_sel104.jpg"
height="274" alt="" width="399" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=
"http://www.bilaterals.org/IMG/jpg/capt.199e8ee8da9f4ab89d06e19e229edb2d.south_korea_us_beef_sel106.jpg"
height="266" alt="" width="399" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- South Korea mass protest over USA beef imports.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lee Kuan Yew's nightmare is that mass Singapore protest against
PAP might finally bring his regime to an end.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:26:27 +0800</pubDate>
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      <author>Poh Ah Pak</author>
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