{
  "id": 17536497,
  "title": "Sabah, Sarawak get RM11b rural road funding",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/sabah-sarawak-get-rm11b-rural-road-funding",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T04:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/129046/sabah-sarawak-get-rm11b-rural-road-funding"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "SABAH and Sarawak will receive RM11 billion in rural road expenditure between 2023 and 2027, nearly three times the RM3.7 billion spent in the preceding five years, Malaysian Investment Development Authority chairman Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said. He...",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Sabah, S’wak have never been sidelined in rural road projects, says Tengku Zafrul",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/sabah-swak-have-never-been-sidelined-in-rural-road-projects-says",
        "published": "2026-11-01T03:51:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Not sidelined: Sabah, Sarawak rural road allocation nearly triples to RM11b for 2023–2027, says Tengku Zafrul",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/not-sidelined-sabah-sarawak-rural-road-allocation-nearly-triples-to",
        "published": "2026-11-01T03:53:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}