{
  "id": 3867435,
  "title": "Saravanan pleads not guilty to accepting RM1.1mil in bribes over foreign worker quotas",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/saravanan-pleads-not-guilty-to-accepting-rm1-1mil-in-bribes-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T01:49:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1520379/saravanan-pleads-not-guilty-accepting-rm11mil-bribes-over-foreign"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Former Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court today to three charges of accepting RM1.097 million in bribes to approve foreign worker quotas in 2022.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Saravanan charged with receiving RM1.097mil in bribes over foreign worker quotas",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/saravanan-charged-with-receiving-rm1-097mil-in-bribes-over-foreign",
        "published": "2026-08-28T01:29:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "Saravanan pleads not guilty to receiving RM1.097m bribes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/saravanan-pleads-not-guilty-to-receiving-rm1-097m-bribes",
        "published": "2026-08-28T01:35:18.000Z"
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