{
  "id": 3705264,
  "title": "MOF rebuts Kedah MB, saying MADANI Government never issued new gambling licences",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/mof-rebuts-kedah-mb-saying-madani-government-never-issued-new",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T08:13:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/126651/mof-rebuts-kedah-mb-saying-madani-government-never-issued-new-gambling-licences"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "THE Ministry of Finance (MOF) has rejected claims that the MADANI Government has relaxed controls on licensed gambling in Kedah, stressing that it has neither issued new gambling licences nor increased the number of gambling outlets since taking offi...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "YOURSAY | Kedah has no constitutional power to ban gambling",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/yoursay-kedah-has-no-constitutional-power-to-ban-gambling",
        "published": "2026-08-27T00:01:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Kedah PKR hits out at Sanusi over remarks on gambling licences",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/kedah-pkr-hits-out-at-sanusi-over-remarks-on-gambling-licences",
        "published": "2026-08-27T03:23:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}