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We hear the dementiated views of Dr M claiming (without any substantiation, solid evidence or statistics) that the Chinese are the real masters of the country - when in reality it is he, his cronies and a few Chinese capitalists whom he had created who are the real "tuans".
Planet Malaysia Kit 2010
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We hear the dementiated views of Dr M claiming (without any substantiation, solid evidence or statistics) that the Chinese are the real masters of the country - when in reality it is he, his cronies and a few Chinese capitalists whom he had created who are the real "tuans".
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We hear the views of Dr M claiming (without any substantiation, solid evidence or statistics) that the Chinese are the real masters of the country - when in reality it is he, his cronies and a few Chinese capitalists whom he had created who are the real "tuans".
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How can a country's citizens be separated into "tuans"(masters) and
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Governor, general, all white tuans and mems there.
Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Rounsevelle Wildman 1882
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It is all right to be clever but must be clever enough not to upset or even threaten the leakage of funds to the tuans.
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The tuans who are accustomed to big-headedness and as a result of which believed that malaysia is all about umno and umno represents malaysia forgot that malaysia is part of the world at large.
Planet Malaysia 2010
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From the smirk on their faces, it seemed as though the Ampa-tuans were proclaiming to the whole nation, "We are untouchable!"
Latest News 2009
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It so happens that the Commission on Elections office is in the heart of Shariff Aguak, the bailiwick of the Ampa-tuans, the Mangudadatus 'political archrival.
Latest News 2009
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