{
  "id": 14105124,
  "title": "Coercive laws recipe for future misrule",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/coercive-laws-recipe-for-future-misrule",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T00:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/coercive-laws-recipe-for-future-misrule/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "by Jehan Perera The NPP government is going after powerful figures from the past and present who have engaged in corruption, fraud and criminal activity in a way that no previous government in Sri Lanka has done. Former ministers, politicians and senior state officials are among those facing investigations and legal proceedings. The government has […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}