{
  "id": 1460788,
  "title": "‘I went up to the gate, my wife was already gone’: M'sian woman, 55, dies after headscarf caught in roller",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/i-went-up-to-the-gate-my-wife-was-already-gone-msian-woman-55-dies",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T10:08:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/08/msian-floodgate-operator-dies-headscarf-caught-in-roller/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Selaton Nuri, a 55-year-old Malaysian woman and floodgate operator with the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID), tragically died after her headscarf became entangled in the roller of a floodgate she was closing near the Grand Sabak Hotel in Sabak Bernam, Selangor. Selaton had been at the floodgate to close it following a high tide when the accident occurred, according to sources. Her husband, Basar Maslan, 63, a security guard at the Sabak Bernam District Education Office, had not seen his wife since she left for work two days prior. Basar said his wife had been working as a gatekeeper for 21 years and had hoped to perform the haj pilgrimage.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}