{
  "id": 4781533,
  "title": "Family awarded RM359,000 over boy’s defective circumcision",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/family-awarded-rm359-000-over-boys-defective-circumcision",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/09/01/family-awarded-rm359-000-over-boy-s-defective-circumcision"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The sessions court in Kuala Terengganu has awarded RM359,000 in damages to a 10-year-old boy and his family for a defective circumcision procedure at Hijraa Healthcare Sdn Bhd three years ago. Judge Wan Nor Aklima Wan Salleh ruled that the clinic was negligent, granting the mother's counterclaim filed against the clinic. The mother's son experienced severe genital injury, leading to significant skin loss, permanent scarring, extended hospitalization, and advanced surgery, including a full-thickness skin graft. The court accepted government doctors' testimonies that the bleeding following the circumcision was abnormal and uncertain to affect the boy's future sexual function. The mother's claim was further supported by the dismissal of the defamation suit against her and another Facebook user, as the court found the reviews to be factual and based on their unpleasant experiences with the clinic.",
  "summary": "Sessions court grants counterclaim filed by the boy's mother against a clinic, which first sued her for leaving 'bad reviews' online.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Family awarded RM359,000 over boy’s defective circumcision",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/family-awarded-rm359-000-over-boys-defective-circumcision-4782687",
        "published": "2026-09-01T04:00:00.000Z"
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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."
}