{
  "id": 15514215,
  "title": "Samoan PM accused of being 'a leader who believes he is above the law'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/samoan-pm-accused-of-being-a-leader-who-believes-he-is-above-the-law",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T23:09:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RNZ Pacific",
    "slug": "rnz-pacific",
    "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/2017315/samoan-pm-accused-of-being-a-leader-who-believes-he-is-above-the-law"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A former editor of Samoa's only independent daily newspaper has characterised Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt as a \"dictator\".",
  "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."
}