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- ↑ "DAP support and solidarity with the six reformasi ISA detainees in their anniversary hunger strike to demand open trial or release". www.dapmalaysia.org. 2002-04-09.
- ↑ "Kua: Racial tension a fabrication". www.malaysiakini.com. 2005-10-27.
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