{
  "id": 7260674,
  "title": "Catholic lawyers’ society to lodge police report over Umno leader’s joke",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/catholic-lawyers-society-to-lodge-police-report-over-umno-leaders-joke-7260674",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T06:33:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/09/14/catholic-lawyers-society-to-lodge-police-report-over-umno-leader-s-joke"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Catholic Lawyers' Society of Kuala Lumpur (CLS) has announced its intention to file a police report regarding a sexual joke made by Sepang Umno chief Noorazli Said, which also contained a false reference to the Bible. The society criticized the remarks for demeaning the clergy in a lewd and disrespectful manner, potentially violating laws related to sedition and religious offenses. The joke, which was told during the Umno general assembly, involved a priest and a nun, with Noorazli attributing a punchline to Psalm 129, a chapter that does not contain such content. The CLS emphasized that the fabricated attribution constitutes a distortion of sacred scripture and caused offense to the Catholic community and the wider Christian faith.",
  "summary": "The Catholic Lawyers’ Society of Kuala Lumpur says Noorazli Said’s remarks may attract scrutiny under laws governing sedition and religious offences.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Apologise to Catholics over crass joke, Sabah MP tells Sepang Umno chief",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/apologise-to-catholics-over-crass-joke-sabah-mp-tells-sepang-umno",
        "published": "2026-09-14T05:28:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}