{
  "id": 19980538,
  "title": "UNOFFICIAL: Ali Rustam’s son takes Ayer Molek",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/unofficial-ali-rustams-son-takes-ayer-molek-19980538",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T12:12:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/11/14/unofficial-ali-rustam-s-son-takes-ayer-molek"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The son of Melaka Governor Ali Rustam, Ridhwan Ali, is poised to retain the Ayer Molek seat for Barisan Nasional, according to preliminary unofficial results in the state elections. The race is between Ridhwan and Melaka PKR Youth chief Hakimin Mokhtar. Ali, who previously served as the Umno vice-president and was the chief minister of Melaka from 1999 to 2013, has been the governor since 2020. He also held the Ayer Molek assemblyman position from 1986 to 1990. Ayer Molek is a Malay-majority constituency, where the ethnic Malay community constitutes 87.4% of the electorate, followed by Chinese (7.2%) and Indian (4.4%). In the 2021 state polls, Umno's Rahmad Mariman held the seat for BN with a 2,802-vote majority, but he was subsequently removed from the candidate list for this election.",
  "summary": "Ridhwan Ali is in a straight fight with Melaka PKR Youth chief Hakimin Mokhtar.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}