{
  "id": 13122530,
  "title": "Zara’s mum denies abusive diary entries reflect daughter’s feelings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/zaras-mum-denies-abusive-diary-entries-reflect-daughters-feelings-13122530",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T12:47:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/09/zara-s-mum-denies-abusive-diary-entries-reflect-daughter-s-feelings"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Noraidah Lamat, the mother of the late Zara Qairina Mahathir, testified in the coroner's court that she was certain her daughter never wrote the abusive entries found in her diary, despite the profanity and harsh language. Noraidah claimed she had never seen such entries in any of Zara's diaries before, even though Zara often expressed her feelings through greeting cards, such as birthday and Mother's Day cards. When presented with a diary page stating \"I have no mother,\" Noraidah disagreed that it accurately represented her daughter's feelings, as she had never seen Zara write in such a manner. Despite questioning the possibility that only Zara could have penned the entries due to her name appearing in them, Noraidah maintained that someone else might have written them. She did concede that the language used was crude and abusive, but denied having seen such expressions in Zara's notebooks. Noraidah also stated that Zara had never mentioned any issues with her friends, although she acknowledged the possibility that individuals might act differently when others are present versus when they're alone. When asked if there could be a reason for others to write abusive remarks in the diary if there were no problems between them and Zara, Noraidah suggested that malicious individuals could act differently behind closed doors, even if they appeared nice on the surface.",
  "summary": "Noraidah Lamat testifies that she had never seen such writings by her daughter.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Zara’s mum denies abusive diary entries reflect daughter’s feelings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/zaras-mum-denies-abusive-diary-entries-reflect-daughters-feelings",
        "published": "2026-10-09T12:47:45.000Z"
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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."
}