Union leaders deny any intention of bringing it or the country to its knees, but many see Wednesday's stoppage as the first step in a campaign to draw attention to the problems of ordinary people.

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Although both sons deny it was their intention to escape conscription, their story has cost their father dearly.

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He had signaled his intention to deny the charges at an earlier appearance in a magistrates court in March where a more serious assault charge against him was dropped.

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At the start of that year, Anwar said that he had no intention of running for UMNO's No. 2 slot, and continued for months to deny that he would challenge the incumbent deputy president Ghafar Baba.

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