{
  "id": 7247001,
  "title": "Malaysia haj fund scandal: ex-religious minister denies role in US$211 million transfer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/malaysia-haj-fund-scandal-ex-religious-minister-denies-role-in-us-211",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T04:18:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3367389/malaysia-haj-fund-scandal-ex-religious-minister-denies-role-us211-million-transfer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A former Malaysian religious affairs minister pleaded not guilty on Monday to three charges involving more than 860 million ringgit (US$211 million) in transactions linked to the country’s state-run haj savings fund and a Saudi property group. Jamil Khir Baharom, 65, served as minister in the Prime Minister’s Department overseeing religious affairs from 2009 until 2018, when the government of…",
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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."
}