{
  "id": 10950900,
  "title": "Activist charged with offences related to running unregistered organisation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/activist-charged-with-offences-related-to-running-unregistered",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T12:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/09/30/activist-charged-with-offences-related-to-running-unregistered-organisation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "According to the Putrajaya magistrates' court, Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani, the president of the Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organisation Malaysia (Merhrom), has been charged with two offences under the Societies Act. The charges, under Sections 42 and 48 of the Act, relate to managing an unregistered society and representing an unlawful society, respectively. The Registrar of Societies found that Merhrom was not registered and that Ghani was not an office bearer. The court has set October 30 for further proceedings.",
  "summary": "Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani, who heads a Rohingya human rights organisation, claims trial to both charges under the Societies Act.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Activist charged with offences related to running unregistered organisation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/activist-charged-with-offences-related-to-running-unregistered-10950940",
        "published": "2026-09-30T12:27:00.000Z"
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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."
}