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Sea Park Apartments organise gotong-royong

Unfazed by a lack of cleaning services, Sea Park Apartments residents organised a communal clean-up yesterday (5th Nov), to ensure the cleanliness of their neighbourhood …

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Come to the negotiation table, ADUN urges landowner of Sea Park Apartments

Immediately after publishing The Apartments With No Entrance, we reached out to Kampung Tunku ADUN Lim Yi Wei for a response to the story. We …

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Court case over the access road delayed further

The civil suit between SEA Housing Corporation and the Selangor Land Office over Sea Park Apartments’ access road will be delayed further, after its case …

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Sea Park Apartments land dispute discussed on BFM

English-language radio station BFM interviewed two residents of Sea Park Apartments today on its drive-time segment Inside Story, to discuss the ongoing land dispute affecting …

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Anti-Party Hopping Laws vs Recall Elections

Back before the Anti-Party Hopping Law was put in place, we spoke to constitutional lawyer New Sin Yew about his concerns with the government’s proposed …

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Is the US responsible for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?

A lot of people have blamed the United States and NATO for causing the Russia-Ukraine war, which has got political scientist Wong Chin Huat very …

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Patutkah pelarian mendapat hak yang sama seperti warga negara tuan rumah?

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Anti-Party Hopping Laws vs Recall Elections

Back before the Anti-Party Hopping Law was put in place, we spoke to constitutional lawyer New Sin Yew about his concerns with the government’s proposed …

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Is the US responsible for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?

A lot of people have blamed the United States and NATO for causing the Russia-Ukraine war, which has got political scientist Wong Chin Huat very …

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Is Malaysia Prepared To Face Disasters Caused by Climate Change?

Disaster risk reduction specialist Hafiz Amirrol gives us the low-down on Malaysia’s disaster management systems — and the actual role of NADMA. We spoke with Hafiz …

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