{
  "id": 19768425,
  "title": "Man charged with murder after 73-year-old's body found in Kepala Batas waterway",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/man-charged-with-murder-after-73-year-olds-body-found-in-kepala-batas",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T06:50:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/11/13/man-charged-with-murder-after-73-year-olds-body-found-in-kepala-batas-waterway/243103"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On November 13, a 41-year-old man, S. Ganesan, was charged in the Magistrate's Court in Butterworth for the murder of a 73-year-old senior citizen, Haron Chua Abdullah. The victim's body was discovered floating in a waterway near Kampung Permatang Pak Elong, Kepala Batas, in late October. Ganesan allegedly committed the crime between 2am and 4am on October 8, as stated in the charge read by Magistrate Aini Adilah Muhammad Faizal. The charge falls under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which can result in either the death penalty or a prison term of 30 to 40 years, with a mandatory 12 strokes of the cane upon conviction. Deputy Public Prosecutor Lim Zhan Yi refused bail, and the accused remained unrepresented in court. The court denied bail and set December 18 for the next mention to enable the prosecution to obtain post-mortem and chemical analysis reports.",
  "summary": "BUTTERWORTH, Nov 13 — A 41-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with murdering a se...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Unemployed man charged with murdering elderly taxi driver in Kepala Batas",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/unemployed-man-charged-with-murdering-elderly-taxi-driver-in-kepala",
        "published": "2026-11-13T05:16:55.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}