{
  "id": 3677282,
  "title": "PKR Kedah tempelak Sanusi salahkan Anwar berkait lesen judi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/pkr-kedah-tempelak-sanusi-salahkan-anwar-berkait-lesen-judi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T05:12:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/08/27/pkr-kedah-tempelak-sanusi-salahkan-anwar-berkait-lesen-judi"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "PKR Kedah leader Tunku Nashrul Abaidah accused Kedah Chief Minister Sanusi Nor of blaming Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for a recent court ruling on gambling licenses in the state. Nashrul reminded Sanusi that when PAS was part of the Perikatan Nasional government, the party increased the allocation for gambling to 22 times a year from eight. According to Nashrul, Sanusi should have explained the failure of the state government's administration in this matter and not targeted the Prime Minister. He added that the state government's action to stop the issuance and renewal of business licenses for number prediction organizers has been challenged in court, and the decision went in favor of the organizer. Nashrul criticized Sanusi's behavior, stating that his confrontational and hypocritical attitude reflects political greed. The real issue is that when PAS was part of the Perikatan Nasional government, its administration increased gambling allocations from eight to 22 times a year. In contrast, Anwar, as Prime Minister and Finance Minister, reduced the allocation back to eight times a year. On August 12, the Federal Court rejected Kedah's attempt to overturn the decision that halted the state's issuance and renewal of number prediction organizers' business licenses. The Federal Court also ordered the state government to pay RM50,000, after a three-judge panel found that Kedah failed to meet the required threshold to obtain a review. Earlier, the Federal Court upheld the state government's decision that gambling and lottery activities fall under federal jurisdiction, including the power of the Finance Ministry to issue and control business licenses for organizers. Meanwhile, PKR Deputy Youth Leader Dr Taufiq Johari alleged that Sanusi disgraced the court's decision by using derogatory words like \"scandal\" and \"hijack\" when urging Anwar to stop the organizer from renewing their license. He emphasized that such disrespectful language is inappropriate for a leader like Sanusi. Such actions and words are not only an attack on the Prime Minister but also a defamatory attack on the court's decision and the prestige of Parliament. The Federal Court's decision is final and made independently without executive interference. Legal matters like this should not be used as a cheap political tool, according to Nashrul. Sanusi had previously warned the Prime Minister that allowing gambling activities to resume in Kedah would anger the Kedah people. Speaking at a press conference on the Halang Judi Isu di Kedah issue on Tuesday night, he said that the state government had done everything it could to prevent such activities through a comprehensive ban on gambling and lottery premises in the state.",
  "summary": "Pengarah Komunikasi MPN PKR Kedah Tunku Nashrul Abaidah berkata keputusan mahkamah berpunca daripada tindakan pentadbiran negeri, bukan perdana menteri.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "PKR Kedah tempelak Sanusi salahkan Anwar berkait lesen judi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/pkr-kedah-tempelak-sanusi-salahkan-anwar-berkait-lesen-judi-3678294",
        "published": "2026-08-27T05:12:27.000Z"
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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."
}