{
  "id": 10383617,
  "title": "General : FOI Bill Must Genuinely Provide Access To Information, Says Azalina",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/general-foi-bill-must-genuinely-provide-access-to-information-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T04:46:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2612790"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 (Bernama) -- The proposed Freedom of Information Bill 2026 must genuinely provide access to information and should not impose excessive restrictions that undermine the purpose of the legislation, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Azalina: Freedom of Information Bill must balance openness with safeguards, avoid excessive prohibitions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/azalina-freedom-of-information-bill-must-balance-openness-with",
        "published": "2026-09-28T07:18:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "Azalina: No point in FOI law if it becomes 'Control of Information Bill'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/azalina-no-point-in-foi-law-if-it-becomes-control-of-information-bill",
        "published": "2026-09-28T07:58:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Right to information to be addressed in Freedom of Information Bill 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/right-to-information-to-be-addressed-in-freedom-of-information-bill",
        "published": "2026-09-28T08:35:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}