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  "id": 2081215,
  "title": "Malay legal codes predate European models, says Tunku Azizah",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/malay-legal-codes-predate-european-models-says-tunku-azizah-2081215",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T05:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "The Tengku Ampuan Pahang says the Hukum Kanun Melaka and Hukum Kanun Pahang also challenge the assumption that Malay rulers once governed as absolute monarchs unconstrained by law.",
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        "title": "Malay legal codes predate European models, says Tunku Azizah",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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