{
  "id": 768378,
  "title": "High Court upholds former RTD officer's jail sentence, RM80,000 fine for bribery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/high-court-upholds-former-rtd-officers-jail-sentence-rm80-000-fine",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T12:49:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2026/08/1510610/high-court-upholds-former-rtd-officers-jail-sentence-rm80000-fine"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "MELAKA: The High Court here today upheld the conviction and sentence of a former Road Transport Department officer who was jailed for a year and fined RM80,000 for bribing colleagues to protect overloaded lorry operators.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "TISS ex-student moves Bombay High Court, seeks pre-arrest bail: ‘Can destroy my career’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/tiss-ex-student-moves-bombay-high-court-seeks-pre-arrest-bail-can",
        "published": "2026-08-13T14:05:24.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}