The Samabajar's Future Looks Bleak

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Rising tensions and territorial claims around the South China Sea are putting pressure on Samabajar fishing grounds. Some Bajar report that marine police often come and throw their fishing rods overboard. It just goes to show perhaps how cynical we are about Prime Ministers because again and again we see them in TV series and in films basically as villains.

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