{
  "id": 5294892,
  "title": "Muhyiddin’s counsel disputes businessman’s account of Jana Wibawa meeting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/muhyiddins-counsel-disputes-businessmans-account-of-jana-wibawa",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T09:28:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/09/03/muhyiddin-s-counsel-disputes-businessman-s-account-of-jana-wibawa-meeting"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin's legal team has contested the claims made by businessman Amer Hamzah Arshad regarding a meeting with one of Muhyiddin's officers in 2020 to discuss the Jana Wibawa programme. Amer's witness statement stated that Muhyiddin's deputy private secretary, Asmar Asmadi Abdullah Sani, had shown him a list of 10 government-approved Jana Wibawa projects, which Azman claimed was fabricated. Azman disagreed, stating that Muhyiddin had only verbally mentioned the term \"Jana Wibawa\" during a private meeting at the Tropicana Golf Club in mid-July 2020, and only started using it after Muhyiddin minuted a letter from the finance minister on August 3, 2020. Amer suggested that this information was directed by the prosecution, and Azman did not provide any evidence to support the claim. Additionally, Azman's assertion that he submitted a letter to Muhyiddin in September 2020 seeking support for a road construction project was challenged, as there was no evidence to show support from Muhyiddin, nor any acknowledgement of receipt from the PMO or the finance ministry.",
  "summary": "Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad suggested businessman Azman Yusoff's account that he was shown a list of Jana Wibawa projects in July 2020 was fabricated.",
  "key_points": [
    "Muhyiddin's counsel disputes Amer Hamzah Arshad's claims about a 2020 meeting.",
    "Asmar Asmadi Abdullah Sani allegedly showed Amer a fabricated list of 10 Jana Wibawa projects.",
    "Amer's assertion lacks evidence; Muhyiddin's support for road project unproven."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Muhyiddin’s counsel disputes businessman’s account of Jana Wibawa meeting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/muhyiddins-counsel-disputes-businessmans-account-of-jana-wibawa-5296162",
        "published": "2026-09-03T09:28:26.000Z"
      }
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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."
}