{
  "id": 14400526,
  "title": "Malaysia’s Najib loses bid to suspend 15-year 1MDB sentence on medical grounds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/malaysias-najib-loses-bid-to-suspend-15-year-1mdb-sentence-on-medical",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T08:19:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3370860/malaysias-najib-loses-bid-suspend-15-year-1mdb-sentence-medical-grounds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Malaysian court on Wednesday rejected Najib Razak’s bid to suspend his 15-year jail sentence in the 1MDB scandal pending the jailed former prime minister’s appeals, ruling that his health and other grounds did not justify a stay. The decision means his sentence is set to begin after his current prison term ends in August 2028. Najib, 73, received a conditional royal pardon last month allowing…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "Malaysia court denies Najib Razak's request to suspend 15-year jail term",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/malaysia-court-denies-najib-razaks-request-to-suspend-15-year-jail",
        "published": "2026-10-14T08:00:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "[UPDATED] Najib to seek stay of 1MDB jail sentence at Court of Appeal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/updated-najib-to-seek-stay-of-1mdb-jail-sentence-at-court-of-appeal",
        "published": "2026-10-14T08:22:56.000Z"
      }
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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."
}