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  "id": 8820018,
  "title": "Unity, East Malaysia style: it’s all in the language, bah",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/unity-east-malaysia-style-its-all-in-the-language-bah",
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  "published": "2026-09-21T02:00:00.000Z",
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    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
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  "summary": "The Malay language is the ultimate daily lingua franca in East Malaysia, spoken by all and sundry, transcending ethnic divides, further cemented by the high rates of intermarriage that define East Malaysian society.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Unity, East Malaysia style: it’s all in the language, bah",
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        "published": "2026-09-21T02:00:00.000Z"
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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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