{
  "id": 15391372,
  "title": "General : MCMC, EC Test Internet Connectivity At Melaka Polling Centres For OCR-VA System",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/general-mcmc-ec-test-internet-connectivity-at-melaka-polling-centres",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T08:23:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2622125"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "ALOR GAJAH, Oct 18 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and the Election Commission (EC) have conducted internet connectivity checks at polling centres to test the Optical Character Recognition-Voter Attendance (OCR-VA) system ahead of the Melaka state election, which will take place next month.",
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  "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."
}