{
  "id": 2316367,
  "title": "If a journalist espouses or concurs with the defamatory statements or imputations, he loses the defence of protection of reportage — Hafiz Hassan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/if-a-journalist-espouses-or-concurs-with-the-defamatory-statements-or",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T05:53:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/what-you-think/2026/08/21/if-a-journalist-espouses-or-concurs-with-the-defamatory-statements-or-imputations-he-loses-the-defence-of-protection-of-reportage-hafiz-hassan/232184"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "AUGUST 21 — In the case of Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd & Ors v Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn Bhd [2021], the facts are...",
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  "illustration": null,
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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."
}