{
  "id": 14403258,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T08:00:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Jakarta Post",
    "slug": "the-jakarta-post",
    "url": "https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/14/malaysia-court-denies-najib-razaks-request-to-suspend-15-year-jail-term.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Najib, 73, has been in prison since 2022 after Malaysia's top court upheld his conviction for graft and money laundering linked to the alleged theft of billions of dollars from 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a state fund he co-founded while premier in 2009. He denies wrongdoing.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-14T08:19:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}