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"ref": "1998 February 10, Thye Hoon Lin, “SM Lee was right - Johor is notorious for muggings!”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)",
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"ref": "1998 July 9, SimiSar, “[sangkancil] New HK airport faces barrage of criticism (fwd)”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)",
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"ref": "2003 April 18, Bone Toad, “Christ won”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)",
"text": "go and take your morning shower and wash your arse with water and soap after pang sai",
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