{
  "id": 18462365,
  "title": "Anwar disagrees with Umno paying RM50mil fine for Najib",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/anwar-disagrees-with-umno-paying-rm50mil-fine-for-najib",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T07:19:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/11/06/anwar-disagrees-with-umno-paying-rm50mil-fine-for-najib"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has expressed disagreement with the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) paying Najib Razak's RM50 million fine, which he believes could lead the public to believe that significant corruption remains unpunished. Following a donation drive, Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki confirmed on Friday that the party had settled the fine using the collected funds. Najib Razak, who has been serving his remaining house arrest since 2022, was granted permission by the Kuala Lumpur High Court to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest after a royal pardon in January 2024 and a further conditional pardon from the current Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ibrahim, in September 2023. His lawyer, Farhan Shafee, later confirmed that the fine had been paid, and Najib would deliver the house arrest order to Kajang prison where he has been held since August 2022.",
  "summary": "Umno today settled Najib Razak’s RM50 million fine through funds raised from a donation drive launched in September.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
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        "published": "2026-11-06T05:47:08.000Z"
      },
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        "published": "2026-11-06T08:49:00.000Z"
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        "title": "Transport Minister Anthony Loke resigns as Najib returns home to begin house arrest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/transport-minister-anthony-loke-resigns-as-najib-returns-home-to",
        "published": "2026-11-06T09:36:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}