{
  "id": 14658506,
  "title": "Wee refuses to retract statement on RM2.1bil ministry spending discrepancy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/wee-refuses-to-retract-statement-on-rm2-1bil-ministry-spending",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T08:58:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1556189/wee-refuses-retract-statement-rm21bil-ministry-spending-discrepancy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong has refused to retract his statement on the RM2.1 billion discrepancy involving the Rural and Regional Development Ministry (KKDW), insisting that he was speaking the truth.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}