{
  "id": 5318823,
  "title": "General : Increase In Special Draws A Collective Responsibility Of Previous Government - Tengku Zafrul",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/general-increase-in-special-draws-a-collective-responsibility-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T09:54:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2602642"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "By Mohd Khairi Idham Amran KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 (Bernama) -- The decision to increase the number of special forecast number draws to 22 times a year during the previous administration was a collective responsibility of the previous government, including ministers from PAS at the time, said former Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "Then-cabinet, including PAS ministers, approved more lottery draws - Zafrul",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/then-cabinet-including-pas-ministers-approved-more-lottery-draws",
        "published": "2026-09-03T10:27:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Special lottery draw increase in 2021 was Cabinet’s decision, says Tengku Zafrul",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/special-lottery-draw-increase-in-2021-was-cabinets-decision-says",
        "published": "2026-09-03T10:29:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Tengku Zafrul says increase to 22 special draws was collective Cabinet decision, not his alone",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/tengku-zafrul-says-increase-to-22-special-draws-was-collective",
        "published": "2026-09-03T11:35:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Increase in special draws a collective responsibility of previous government, says Tengku Zafrul",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/increase-in-special-draws-a-collective-responsibility-of-previous",
        "published": "2026-09-03T12:38:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}