{
  "id": 19934899,
  "title": "Melaka polls: Pakatan’s Pengkalan Batu hopeful’s vote paused for two minutes over social media rumour",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/melaka-polls-pakatans-pengkalan-batu-hopefuls-vote-paused-for-two-19934899",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T06:06:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/11/14/melaka-polls-pakatans-pengkalan-batu-hopefuls-vote-paused-for-two-minutes-over-social-media-rumour/243243"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On November 14, Malaysia, Pakatan Harapan candidate for Pengkalan Batu, Jason Tze-Xi Nathan, reported that his voting process was temporarily paused at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Sultan Muhammad for two minutes. The confusion arose after the presiding officer sought clarification from higher authorities because of a social media rumor suggesting that candidates were not allowed to vote. Tze-Xi Nathan, who is a registered voter in the Pengkalan Batu constituency, stated that the vote was eventually allowed to continue, and he had voted in the same location previously. Although he acknowledged the possibility that the officer might have been new to his role, he did not hold any grudges, noting that seeking clarification from superiors to resolve the situation was within the officer's authority. Tze-Xi Nathan is contesting the Pengkalan Batu seat alongside Barisan Nasional candidate Siti Aisyah Mahmood, Parti Bersama Malaysia candidate Goh Han Koon, and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia candidate Datuk Norhizam Hassan Baktee, with a total of 25,948 registered voters in the constituency.",
  "summary": "MELAKA, Nov 14 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate for Pengkalan Batu Jason Tze-Xi Nathan says he committed no electi...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/women-outpace-men-at-ballot-boxes-in-melaka-polls",
        "published": "2026-11-14T04:34:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Asian women MPs observe polling process in Melaka",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/asian-women-mps-observe-polling-process-in-melaka",
        "published": "2026-11-14T05:48:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}