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UT MARA wins The 14th All Asian Debate Championships 2007 Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia won the 14th All-Asians Intervarsity Debating Championship recently. Hosted by Chung Ang University, South Korea, the tournament was held from 7th to 14th May 2007. On the motion that "This House Would Partition Iraq", UT MARA beat Universiti Malaya in the Grand Finals by a landslide 9-0 unanimous decision. The team consisted of Adiba Shareen Al-Ayubi, Amir Zharif Abdullah, and Danial Amir, all of whom are undergraduates from the Faculty of Law. Danial Amir was named Best Speaker of the Grand Finals and also won the Overall Best Speaker prize, thus retaining the title within UT MARA for two consecutive years. Meanwhile, Amir Zharif was ranked 4th Best Speaker in Asia.UT MARA is the first all-Malay team that has ever won the Asian Championship.