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Proof: Despite controversy, Malaysian scholars’ nativist views draw support

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-27T23:51:23Z","headline":"Despite controversy, Malaysian scholars’ nativist views draw support","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"straitstimes","url":"https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-history-is-already-malay-centric-why-do-some-malays-think-their-history-is-suppressed?ref=top-stories","v":1}

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1afd06817d41ba4a28c91389b1f7e866e93620bee4e942f41a3e7802b61754ce

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-27 23:22 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-1afd06817d41.json prints 1afd06817d41ba4a28c91389b1f7e866e93620bee4e942f41a3e7802b61754ce. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-1afd06817d41.json and headline-1afd06817d41.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-1afd06817d41.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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