{
  "id": 15566208,
  "title": "Zahid tells Negri Sembilan representatives to put public welfare first",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/zahid-tells-negri-sembilan-representatives-to-put-public-welfare-first",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T05:53:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/10/19/zahid-tells-negri-sembilan-representatives-to-put-public-welfare-first/239709"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has advised the 18 Negeri Sembilan state assemblymen to prioritize public welfare and focus on delivering services, rather than getting involved in matters concerning customary law and the royal institution. Zahid emphasized that the people elected their representatives and gave them a mandate, and therefore, the administration should concentrate on fulfilling that mandate. He expressed hope that cooperation between the state government and the 11 assemblymen who are not aligned with it would continue to ensure the smooth functioning of the government machinery.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Zahid tells Negri Sembilan representatives to put public welfare first",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/zahid-tells-negri-sembilan-representatives-to-put-public-welfare-first-15568251",
        "published": "2026-10-19T05:53:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Government must explain legality of Negri Sembilan exco revocations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/government-must-explain-legality-of-negri-sembilan-exco-revocations",
        "published": "2026-10-19T07:31:54.000Z"
      }
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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."
}