{
  "id": 20117011,
  "title": "Police to record Hadi's statement over Melaka campaign speech",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/police-to-record-hadis-statement-over-melaka-campaign-speech",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T04:39:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/11/1578201/police-record-hadis-statement-over-melaka-campaign-speech"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Melaka: Pas president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang has agreed to work with police in investigating a speech allegedly containing racial sentiments from the 16th Melaka state election campaign. This is the third police probe involving the Marang MP since September, according to his political secretary, Mohd Syahir Che Sulaiman. Police reached out to Hadi yesterday to collect his account regarding an issue raised in a news portal report published last Friday.\n\nHadi has consistently cooperated with law enforcement. A date for Tan Sri Hadi to provide his statement to Melaka police is expected to be announced soon. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohd Khalid Ismail announced yesterday that police will summon Hadi to aid in the investigation into his speech, which allegedly contained racial elements during the 16th Melaka state election campaign. The case is being examined under Sections 505 and 298 of the Penal Code.",
  "summary": "MELAKA: Pas president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang has expressed his willingness to cooperate with police in an investigation into a speech allegedly linked to racial sentiments during the 16th Melaka state election campaign.",
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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."
}