{
  "id": 1657688,
  "title": "Malaysia holds off on pilot extradition request pending Indonesian drug probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/malaysia-holds-off-on-pilot-extradition-request-pending-indonesian",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T06:39:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3364398/malaysia-holds-pilot-extradition-request-pending-indonesian-drug-probe"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A decision has yet to be made on whether Malaysian authorities will file an extradition request for a local pilot arrested in Indonesia, according to Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. Saifuddin said on Tuesday that investigations should be concluded first. “Let the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) complete their investigations first and decide the next step forward,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Home minister: Malaysia’s entry points to get security boost after drug scandal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/home-minister-malaysias-entry-points-to-get-security-boost-after-drug",
        "published": "2026-08-18T04:03:55.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}