{
  "id": 16466595,
  "title": "Mardi worker dies after bee attack in Terengganu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/mardi-worker-dies-after-bee-attack-in-terengganu-16466595",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T10:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/25/mardi-worker-dies-after-bee-attack-in-terengganu"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) worker died after being attacked by a swarm of bees while collecting honey at the company's farm in Ayer Putih, Terengganu. The incident occurred at 9.50am yesterday when 40-year-old Hafizul Mat, a general worker, climbed a 3-meter tall dry tree to gather honey. Despite his 44-year-old colleague's warning due to the proximity of the beehive, Hafizul proceeded with the task. As the bees swarmed him, he shouted for his colleague to run and then attempted to escape by jumping into a nearby pool. Tragically, Hafizul later experienced pain from the bee stings, collapsed into convulsions, and was taken to Kemaman Hospital for emergency treatment where he sadly passed away at 6.42pm.",
  "summary": "Police say the man was stung by a swarm of bees while collecting honey at the agency’s farm in Ayer Putih.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}