{
  "id": 5060210,
  "title": "Umrah package fraud: Ex-MD's conviction upheld, jail term cut to 5 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/umrah-package-fraud-ex-mds-conviction-upheld-jail-term-cut-to-5-years",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T09:28:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1524344/umrah-package-fraud-ex-mds-conviction-upheld-jail-term-cut-5-years"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PUTRAJAYA: A former managing director of a tourism company was ordered to serve five years in prison from today after the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction on 23 charges of cheating involving fraudulent umrah and Egypt pilgrimage packages worth RM434,250.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}