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  "title": "SNAPSHOT | Elderly staff quits over inverted flag gaffe; 'blue' Sg Perak water safe for general use - activist",
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  "published": "2026-08-28T10:08:32.000Z",
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Perak MCA takes responsibility, staff member resigns over flag error",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/perak-mca-takes-responsibility-staff-member-resigns-over-flag-error",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Staff member has resigned over flag gaffe, says MCA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/staff-member-has-resigned-over-flag-gaffe-says-mca",
        "published": "2026-08-28T09:21:00.000Z"
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        "title": "SNAPSHOT | Elderly staff quits over inverted flag gaffe; 'blue' Sg Perak water safe for general use - activist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/snapshot-elderly-staff-quits-over-inverted-flag-gaffe-blue-sg-perak-3939191",
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