{
  "id": 3227303,
  "title": "Man arrested over theft, burning of Quran copies in Senawang",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/man-arrested-over-theft-burning-of-quran-copies-in-senawang",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T08:38:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2026/08/1518535/man-arrested-over-theft-burning-quran-copies-senawang"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Police apprehended a 25-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, as part of an investigation into the theft and burning of Quran copies. Negri Sembilan police chief Datuk Alzafny Ahmad revealed that the suspect was apprehended following a public complaint of a fire near a Senawang field on August 22nd. During the search, police discovered that the blaze had involved multiple Quran copies. The following day, at 4.45pm, police learned of a theft from a mosque in Forest Heights, Selangor. The suspect was subsequently arrested at a Chow Kit hotel at 9.30pm on the same day. During the raid, officers found two bags containing 16 Quran copies and seized three mobile phones and the suspect's personal belongings. Alzafny stated that all recovered copies were believed to have been stolen without authorization from mosques and prayer houses in the Chow Kit area, with a possibility that some might have been taken from a university in the north due to a discovered university stamp. A search of the suspect's family home in Senawang yielded 36 Quran covers. Initial investigations linked the suspect to the Quran-burning incident, and the case was being investigated under Penal Code Sections 380 and 295. The suspect had four prior criminal records and had just completed a two-month police supervision order.",
  "summary": "SEREMBAN: Police arrested a man at a hotel in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday to assist in investigations into the theft and burning of copies of the Quran.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Vibes",
        "title": "Senawang Quran-burning suspect arrested in a hotel in Chow Kit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/senawang-quran-burning-suspect-arrested-in-a-hotel-in-chow-kit",
        "published": "2026-08-25T06:26:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Man arrested in Chow Kit hotel over Quran burning, theft investigations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/man-arrested-in-chow-kit-hotel-over-quran-burning-theft-investigations",
        "published": "2026-08-25T07:40:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}