{
  "id": 14966648,
  "title": "Mystery packages cause a scare at Negeri Sembilan schools",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/mystery-packages-cause-a-scare-at-negeri-sembilan-schools-14966648",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T12:41:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/16/mystery-packages-cause-a-scare-at-negeri-sembilan-schools"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pendekatan Negeri Sembilan: Several schools in the state were put on alert this morning following the discovery of suspicious packages in their compounds. Later, it was revealed that these packages contained only flour and plastic plates. Negeri Sembilan's police chief, Alzafny Ahmad, reported that police had received five reports in Nilai and four in Tampin regarding the packages. All packages shared a similar shape and contained the same contents. Local authorities had left them in the school compounds for a while before reporting them, as the intended recipients had not claimed them.\n\nUpon examination by the bomb disposal unit, no explosives or dangerous materials were found inside the packages. Alzafny Ahmad stated in a statement that police would investigate the origin and reason behind the packages being sent. Social media reports indicated that at least five schools had received the mysterious packages, prompting the presence of police and K9 units at the affected institutions.",
  "summary": "But a bomb disposal unit later found only flour and plastic plates in the packages, say state police.",
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        "published": "2026-10-16T02:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "PH assemblymen slam Negri Sembilan government over assembly sitting postponement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/ph-assemblymen-slam-negri-sembilan-government-over-assembly-sitting",
        "published": "2026-10-16T04:07:58.000Z"
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      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/n-sembilan-assembly-delay-raises-questions-of-one-man-show-govt-dap",
        "published": "2026-10-16T04:35:41.000Z"
      }
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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."
}