{
  "id": 2315328,
  "title": "Police escorts should protect, not privilege, says criminologist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/police-escorts-should-protect-not-privilege-says-criminologist",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T05:36:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1515863/police-escorts-should-protect-not-privilege-says-criminologist"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "GEORGE TOWN: Police escorts and emergency signals for VIPs must be based on necessity and public interest, not status, says senior criminologist Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy.",
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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."
}