Flag blunder: Akmal postpones 'class', Latheefa decries persecution
Meanwhile, lawyer Latheefa Koya claimed the police's move to recommend charges showed the shop owner was being persecuted.
Earlier, Penang police chief Alwi Zainal Abidin said the...
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Malaysiakini
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The Sun
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