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Sepang Umno chief

Sincerity, accountability and the need to tread carefully on matters of race and religion – Xavier Jayakumar

As Malaysia marks Malaysia Day, the controversy over Umno leader Datuk Noorazli Said’s religious joke shows why sacred texts are never political props—and why true accountability requires genuine humility, not defensive clapbacks

Sepang Umno chief makes qualified apology over clergy joke, says just an analogy

Datuk Noorazli Said says he never intended to cause insult, takes backlash as lesson when expressing views

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