PAS insists on banning Beyonce


	PAS insists on banning Beyonce

walski69

9-24-2009 10:32 AM

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politics, pas, malaysia, beyonce, music

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With all sorts of other more pressing issues, PAS Youth persists in championing the elimination of fun from the Malaysian social vocabulary

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