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        "msgid": "mahathir-mounts-attack-on-opposition-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-02-17 00:00:00",
        "title": "Mahathir mounts attack on opposition",
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        "summary": "Mahathir mounts attack on opposition KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has intensified attacks on an opposition Islamic party, highlighting a sex scandal involving one of its leaders to back charges the group was falsely pious. As major political parties geared up for widely-expected snap elections, Mahathir called the scandal \"a very big issue\" which he said proved accusations that Parti Islam SeMalaya (PAS) did not live up to its Islamic image.",
        "content": "<p>Mahathir mounts attack on opposition<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad<br>\nhas intensified attacks on an opposition Islamic party,<br>\nhighlighting a sex scandal involving one of its leaders to back<br>\ncharges the group was falsely pious.<\/p>\n<p>As major political parties geared up for widely-expected snap<br>\nelections, Mahathir called the scandal \"a very big issue\" which<br>\nhe said proved accusations that Parti Islam SeMalaya (PAS) did<br>\nnot live up to its Islamic image.<\/p>\n<p>\"We should see this as an opportunity to show PAS members that<br>\ntheir party's claims are just pure lies,\" Mahathir told 5,000<br>\nmembers of his ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO)<br>\nlate Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>PAS youth's deputy chief Mohamed Sabu was two weeks ago<br>\ndetained by religious officials in PAS-controlled Kelantan state<br>\nfor being in \"close proximity\" with a woman in a hotel room.<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed, 41, protested that the married woman, a member of<br>\nPAS' women's wing, had only come to his room to hand him a<br>\nparcel. Mohamed is also married.<\/p>",
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