{
  "id": 426341,
  "title": "Homeowners decry severe defects in Batu Pahat elite housing estate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/homeowners-decry-severe-defects-in-batu-pahat-elite-housing-estate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T01:15:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1507865/homeowners-decry-severe-defects-batu-pahat-elite-housing-estate"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "BATU PAHAT: What was marketed as an elite housing estate in Tongkang Pechah has become a source of frustration for many Maple Residence homeowners, who claim their houses are plagued by severe structural defects, including extensive cracks on internal and external walls.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}