{
  "id": 19439444,
  "title": "Mat Sabu proposes fair house arrest mechanism for all prisoners",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/mat-sabu-proposes-fair-house-arrest-mechanism-for-all-prisoners",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T03:07:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/11/1575211/mat-sabu-proposes-fair-house-arrest-mechanism-all-prisoners"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "MELAKA: Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu has proposed that the government introduce a legal mechanism allowing all prisoners to serve half their sentences in prison and the remaining half under house arrest.",
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Mat Sabu calls for law to make house arrest available to all convicts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/mat-sabu-calls-for-law-to-make-house-arrest-available-to-all-convicts",
        "published": "2026-11-11T03:07:15.000Z"
      }
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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."
}