{
  "id": 17164730,
  "title": "Most Malaysians held for drug crimes abroad detained in Indonesia, China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/most-malaysians-held-for-drug-crimes-abroad-detained-in-indonesia",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T02:18:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3372654/most-malaysians-held-drug-crimes-abroad-detained-indonesia-china"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The number of Malaysians detained overseas for drug-related offences increased to 1,588 as of September this year, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni. Lukanisman said the five countries with the highest numbers of Malaysians detained were Indonesia (381), China (380), Singapore (310), Thailand (102) and Japan (72). He said increasingly sophisticated drug-smuggling methods…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}