{
  "id": 2373170,
  "title": "Two escape gallows as Court of Appeal substitutes death sentences",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/two-escape-gallows-as-court-of-appeal-substitutes-death-sentences",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T12:04:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
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    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1516098/two-escape-gallows-court-appeal-substitutes-death-sentences"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "PUTRAJAYA: Two men escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal substituted their death sentences with 30 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane each for drug trafficking.",
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        "title": "Court of Appeal spares two men gallows, orders 30 years jail plus 12 rotan strokes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/court-of-appeal-spares-two-men-gallows-orders-30-years-jail-plus-12",
        "published": "2026-08-21T11:42:06.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/high-court-orders-immediate-restoration-of-oxford-no-1-hotel-to",
        "published": "2026-08-21T11:58:52.000Z"
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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."
}