{
  "id": 454588,
  "title": "Malaysian MP offers US$1,200 bounty for arsonist after unprovoked attack on elderly woman",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/malaysian-mp-offers-us-1-200-bounty-for-arsonist-after-unprovoked",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T07:56:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3363517/malaysian-mp-offers-us1200-reward-arsonist-after-unprovoked-attack-elderly-woman"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Malaysian lawmaker is offering a 5,000 ringgit (US$1,200) bounty for the person responsible for an arson attack which left an elderly woman in critical condition in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur. The 62-year-old counter staff suffered 50 per cent burns to her body after an unidentified individual doused her in what police believe was petrol and set her on fire at a lottery shop in Kepong, a…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}