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  "id": 17912020,
  "title": "Saravanan’s RM1.1m corruption trial set to begin March 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/saravanans-rm1-1m-corruption-trial-set-to-begin-march-2027",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T04:52:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/11/03/saravanans-rm11m-corruption-trial-set-to-begin-march-2027/241786"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Sessions Court in Malaysia has scheduled trial dates between March and August 2027 for former human resources minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan, who is facing three corruption charges involving RM1.097 million in alleged bribes. Judge Azrul Darus fixed trial dates including March 4 and August 23-25. The prosecution submitted 31 pages of documents, and the defence team aims for an early trial. Saravanan pleaded not guilty to charges that accuse him of receiving RM150,000 and RM350,000 in cash from Tan Teck Lim and RM597,000 from the same individual for approving foreign worker quotas. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison and a substantial fine.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — The Sessions Court today set trial dates between March and August next year for former human...",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Saravanan’s foreign worker quota corruption trial set for March",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/saravanans-foreign-worker-quota-corruption-trial-set-for-march",
        "published": "2026-11-03T04:09:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "Saravanan's foreign worker quota corruption trial set for March 2027",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/saravanans-foreign-worker-quota-corruption-trial-set-for-march-2027",
        "published": "2026-11-03T04:21:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Vibes",
        "title": "Prosecution to call 25 witnesses in Saravanan’s RM1.097m corruption trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/prosecution-to-call-25-witnesses-in-saravanans-rm1-097m-corruption",
        "published": "2026-11-03T05:33:00.000Z"
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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."
}