{
  "id": 5017067,
  "title": "KKDW’s rural road overspending triggers RM300m MOF bailout",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/kkdws-rural-road-overspending-triggers-rm300m-mof-bailout",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T04:28:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/126852/kkdws-rural-road-overspending-triggers-rm300m-mof-bailout-for-contractor-arrears"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "THE Rural and Regional Development Ministry (KKDW) has consistently spent beyond its approved allocations for rural road projects, with the excess reaching hundreds of millions of ringgit annually and prompting the Finance Ministry (MOF) to step in t...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "MoF denies blocking rural road funds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/mof-denies-blocking-rural-road-funds",
        "published": "2026-09-02T06:01:19.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}