{
  "id": 5021248,
  "title": "Bekas menteri direman 5 hari bantu siasatan berkait RCI TH",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/bekas-menteri-direman-5-hari-bantu-siasatan-berkait-rci-th",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T05:09:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/09/02/bekas-menteri-direman-5-hari-bantu-siasatan-berkait-rci-th-2"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 60-year-old former Housing and Local Government Minister arrived at the High Court in Putrajaya for a remand hearing on Tuesday. (Picture Bernama)\n\nThe newspaper reports that the remand order was issued by Judge Ezrene Zakaria after granting SPRM's application at the High Court in Putrajaya. The 60-year-old man was arrested around 4:30 pm yesterday while giving an account at the SPRM office in Putrajaya, believed to be helpful in the investigation related to TH's hotel expenses in Saudi Arabia.\n\nThe case is being investigated under Section 16(a)(A) of the SPRM Act 2009 and can be punishable under Section 24 of the same act, which provides for imprisonment up to 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount of the donation or RM10,000, whichever is higher.",
  "summary": "Perintah reman dikeluarkan Majistret Ezrene Zakaria selepas membenarkan permohonan SPRM di Mahkamah Majistret Putrajaya.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "RCI TH: Bekas menteri tiba di mahkamah untuk prosiding reman",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/rci-th-bekas-menteri-tiba-di-mahkamah-untuk-prosiding-reman",
        "published": "2026-09-02T03:08:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}