{
  "id": 340906,
  "title": "Lawyers want probe after puppy allegedly run over twice",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/lawyers-want-probe-after-puppy-allegedly-run-over-twice",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T03:10:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/08/09/lawyers-want-probe-after-puppy-allegedly-run-over-twice"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An animal rights group has called for a police investigation into a disturbing incident in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, where a pick-up truck allegedly ran over a puppy twice at a parking lot. Rajesh Nagarajan, representing Lawyers for Animal Rights, detailed how a white Mitsubishi Triton first collided with the puppy as it entered the parking bay, and then reversed over it again, causing the animal's death. He asserted that the case is more than just negligence or an accident, citing the vehicle's repeated act of hitting the same animal. Nagarajan urged the authorities to investigate under pertinent sections of the Animal Welfare Act, focusing on cruelty and causing unnecessary suffering. The Malaysian animal welfare group stressed the importance of securing CCTV footage from the scene before it's overwritten, locating the suspect, and obtaining a veterinary forensic report to determine the puppy's cause of death. FMT has contacted the police for further comment.",
  "summary": "Lawyers for Animal Rights says a white pick-up truck struck the puppy while entering a parking bay before reversing and running over it a second time.",
  "key_points": [
    "Animal rights group demands police probe into puppy's double death.",
    "White Mitsubishi Triton ran over puppy twice in Port Dickson parking lot.",
    "Lawyers for Animal Rights cites cruelty under Animal Welfare Act."
  ],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Lawyers want probe after puppy allegedly run over twice",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/lawyers-want-probe-after-puppy-allegedly-run-over-twice-346024",
        "published": "2026-08-09T03:10:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "SNAPSHOT | Lawyers want action against truck running over puppy; govt targets 1k leisure spaces by 2030",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/snapshot-lawyers-want-action-against-truck-running-over-puppy-govt",
        "published": "2026-08-09T06:16:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}