{
  "id": 16925941,
  "title": "Umno wants govt to reinstate cancelled rural projects",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/umno-wants-govt-to-reinstate-cancelled-rural-projects",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T15:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1565784/umno-wants-govt-reinstate-cancelled-rural-projects"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "KUALA LUMPUR: The United Malays National Organisation (Umno) has called on the Malaysian government to reinstate rural development projects that were cancelled, particularly those benefiting the people in the states of Sabah and Sarawak. Umno secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki made this statement after a meeting of the Umno supreme council. The matter was discussed extensively during this meeting. Umno representatives from Sabah expressed their concerns over the growing unease among the people of Sabah and Sarawak following the news that several rural development projects in the two states had been cancelled or postponed. Dusuki urged the Finance Ministry to take this issue seriously and withdraw its directive to ministries to cancel these projects, especially in Sabah and Sarawak, which have been significantly impacted. Deputy Prime Minister and Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had announced on Monday that projects in Sabah and Sarawak had been cancelled, even though funds had been allocated for them.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Umno wants the government, particularly the Finance Ministry, to withdraw its directive to cancel rural development projects that benefit the people, especially in Sabah and Sarawak",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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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."
}