{
  "id": 19245321,
  "title": "Scholars urge wider legal safeguards for academic freedom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/scholars-urge-wider-legal-safeguards-for-academic-freedom",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T23:10:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/11/1574302/scholars-urge-wider-legal-safeguards-academic-freedom"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: The higher education overhaul must give academics greater freedom to speak and protect them from undue interference, said scholars ahead of the planned repeal of the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (AUKU).",
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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."
}