{
  "id": 12104076,
  "title": "AG's Report: Welfare spending surges more than 380pc to RM20.36bil",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/ags-report-welfare-spending-surges-more-than-380pc-to-rm20-36bil",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T07:46:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1548157/ags-report-welfare-spending-surges-more-380pc-rm2036bil"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Government spending on welfare aid for individuals and families surged 380.8 per cent to RM20.364 billion in 2025 from RM4.235 billion the previous year, according to the Auditor General’s Report 2/2026.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}