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KUALA LUMPUR – A song by Malaysian singer Fish Leong was banned in China because its title bore an unintended resemblance to recent discussions on the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro by US armed forces, reported China Press. When news broke, it triggered a heated discussion on Chinese cyberspace. Comment sections were flooded with thinly veiled remarks implying that the United States should also do the same to Chinese President Xi Jinping. “What a pity it wasn’t that person,” one netizen wrote. These comments, however, happened to mirror the title of one of Leong’s songs, the 2005 release Unfortunately…
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