{
  "id": 2512171,
  "title": "General : JAIS To Tighten Religious School Teachers' Screening To Ensure Student Safety",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/general-jais-to-tighten-religious-school-teachers-screening-to-ensure",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T04:18:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2597727"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "SHAH ALAM, Aug 22 (Bernama) -- The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) is in the process of formulating measures and guidelines to curb misconduct involving sexual offences in religious schools.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "JAIS mulls police clearance screening for religious school teachers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/jais-mulls-police-clearance-screening-for-religious-school-teachers",
        "published": "2026-08-22T06:57:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "JAIS mulls police help when recruiting teachers, to curb sexual misconduct",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/jais-mulls-police-help-when-recruiting-teachers-to-curb-sexual",
        "published": "2026-08-22T07:01:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}