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  "id": 16632485,
  "title": "Bid-rigging is the hidden cost of corruption and manipulation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/bid-rigging-is-the-hidden-cost-of-corruption-and-manipulation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T16:51:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2026/10/1564267/bid-rigging-hidden-cost-corruption-and-manipulation"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "AN honest senior civil servant once described bid-rigging with a simple but powerful analogy: the government orders a motorcycle, receives a bicycle, yet pays the price of a car.",
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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."
}