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Proof: Malaysia maintains Tier 2 status in US human trafficking report

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T01:51:26Z","headline":"Malaysia maintains Tier 2 status in US human trafficking report","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"thestarmy","url":"https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/09/malaysia-maintains-tier-2-status-in-us-human-trafficking-report","v":1}

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SHA-256

334bf3c5a386d44406ed6d70ea63e2c3815779cff7697c47b3deb3230dc8aa1d

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970570, mined 2026-10-09 02:03 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-09 01:52 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-09 01:52 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-334bf3c5a386.json prints 334bf3c5a386d44406ed6d70ea63e2c3815779cff7697c47b3deb3230dc8aa1d. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-334bf3c5a386.json and headline-334bf3c5a386.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-334bf3c5a386.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.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.