{
  "id": 14141080,
  "title": "Zahid: Malaysia and China ramp up fight against cyber scams, cross-border crime",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/zahid-malaysia-and-china-ramp-up-fight-against-cyber-scams-cross",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T07:16:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/10/13/zahid-malaysia-and-china-ramp-up-fight-against-cyber-scams-cross-border-crime/238932"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Malaysia and China are intensifying their efforts to combat cyber scams and cross-border crime, with Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi emphasizing the importance of bilateral cooperation. The two nations are strengthening intelligence sharing, coordinating investigations, and enforcement operations to tackle these issues, as well as adopting new methods to obtain early information on drug smuggling operations and facilities. Malaysia recently joined a program under the International Alliance Against Telecommunications and Cyber Fraud, focusing on cross-border investigations and asset recovery. The joint security committee between the two countries also covers combating drug smuggling, and both nations have been actively collaborating with each other's law enforcement agencies.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Bernama",
        "title": "General : Malaysia, China Step Up Cooperation Against Cyber Scams - Ahmad Zahid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/general-malaysia-china-step-up-cooperation-against-cyber-scams-ahmad",
        "published": "2026-10-13T05:12:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Zahid: Malaysia and China ramp up fight against cyber scams, cross-border crime",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/zahid-malaysia-and-china-ramp-up-fight-against-cyber-scams-cross-14143321",
        "published": "2026-10-13T07:16:29.000Z"
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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."
}