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        "msgid": "kl-defends-mahathir-over-gift-1447893297",
        "date": "2004-06-13 00:00:00",
        "title": "KL defends Mahathir over gift",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "KL defends Mahathir over gift MALAYSIA: The government defended former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday for his gift of Malaysian timber to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, a report said. Mahathir, caught up in a scandal over whether Mugabe was using taxpayers' money to build a 25-bedroom private mansion in his impoverished country, has said the gift of sawn timber was made on behalf of the government while he was in office, but denied any misuse of national assets.",
        "content": "<p>KL defends Mahathir over gift<\/p>\n<p>MALAYSIA: The government defended former Prime Minister Mahathir<br>\nMohamad on Saturday for his gift of Malaysian timber to Zimbabwe<br>\nPresident Robert Mugabe, a report said.<\/p>\n<p>Mahathir, caught up in a scandal over whether Mugabe was using<br>\ntaxpayers' money to build a 25-bedroom private mansion in his<br>\nimpoverished country, has said the gift of sawn timber was made<br>\non behalf of the government while he was in office, but denied<br>\nany misuse of national assets.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Saturday that<br>\nMahathir had not committed any offense, the national news agency<br>\nBernama reported..<\/p>\n<p>-- AP<\/p>",
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