{
  "id": 12355968,
  "title": "Ahli Parlimen rayu menteri bawa semula LTdL ke Langkawi tahun depan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/ahli-parlimen-rayu-menteri-bawa-semula-ltdl-ke-langkawi-tahun-depan-12355968",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T09:09:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/10/06/ahli-parlimen-rayu-menteri-bawa-semula-ltdl-ke-langkawi-tahun-depan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Suhaimi Abdullah (PN-Langkawi) has appealed to Sports and Youth Minister Taufiq Johari to bring back the Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) race to Langkawi next year. The annual race took place from September 27 to October 4 this year, covering eight stages across eight states on a total distance of 1,258.5km. Suhaimi expressed his disappointment that Langkawi was not included in this year's route despite the event's strong association with the island. He urged the minister to bring the race back to Langkawi next year, emphasizing that it would showcase the love for the legendary Langkawi among Kedah and Sungai Petani residents. Suhaimi recalled Taufiq, who is also a Langkawi MP, as the likely candidate to push for the race's return to Langkawi, given his thoughtfulness in organizing the event. This year's LTdL started on September 27, passing through Taiping-Gunung Jerai and Sungai Petani-Kuala Kangsar, but missed Langkawi. In 2023, Sports and Youth Minister Hannah Yeoh explained that the absence of Langkawi in the race route was not new. She stated that Langkawi remains an icon of the ProSeries status in the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) calendar. According to her, 11 out of the 26 editions of LTdL did not pass through Langkawi, with the race route determined based on technical assessments and varying from year to year.",
  "summary": "Wakil rakyat Langkawi Suhaimi Abdullah sedih apabila perlumbaan LTdL tahun ini tidak melalui pulau berkenaan.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/trump-welcomed-despite-protests-so-why-not-houghton-asks-mp",
        "published": "2026-10-04T03:08:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}