{
  "id": 3063458,
  "title": "NST Leader: Perkeso's challenge amid evolving fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/nst-leader-perkesos-challenge-amid-evolving-fraud",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T16:03:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/leaders/2026/08/1518181/nst-leader-perkesos-challenge-amid-evolving-fraud"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "THE Social Security Organisation (Perkeso) deserves credit for taking an increasingly sophisticated approach to tackling fraud, particularly as criminal networks become more adept at exploiting government assistance and social protection programmes.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}