{
  "id": 14629965,
  "title": "Road Transport Act amendments allow court-ordered compensation for road crash victims",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/road-transport-act-amendments-allow-court-ordered-compensation-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T05:56:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1556025/road-transport-act-amendments-allow-court-ordered-compensation-road"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Amendments to the Road Transport Act 1987 will allow courts to order offenders convicted of serious road traffic offences to pay compensation to victims or their lawful next of kin, the Dewan Rakyat heard today.",
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  },
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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."
}