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  "id": 8232123,
  "title": "Najib's house arrest charts new legal ground, says constitutional lawyer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/najibs-house-arrest-charts-new-legal-ground-says-constitutional-lawyer",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T10:41:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
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    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1535625/najibs-house-arrest-charts-new-legal-ground-says-constitutional-lawyer"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: The decision to allow Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest is charting new legal ground as the country currently has no specific framework governing home detention for convicted prisoners",
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      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "Analysts: Neither Harapan nor BN gets 'complete victory' from Najib's conditional pardon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/analysts-neither-harapan-nor-bn-gets-complete-victory-from-najibs",
        "published": "2026-09-18T07:57:36.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "MCA thanks King over Najib’s pardon, pledges to uphold constitutional supremacy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/mca-thanks-king-over-najibs-pardon-pledges-to-uphold-constitutional",
        "published": "2026-09-18T08:53:27.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "DAP to meet tomorrow over Najib’s house arrest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/dap-to-meet-tomorrow-over-najibs-house-arrest",
        "published": "2026-09-18T09:13:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Malaysian king allows jailed ex-PM Najib Razak to serve house arrest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/malaysian-king-allows-jailed-ex-pm-najib-razak-to-serve-house-arrest",
        "published": "2026-09-18T10:10:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Najib’s house arrest puts Malaysia in ‘uncharted’ legal territory, poses political challenge for PM Anwar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/najibs-house-arrest-puts-malaysia-in-uncharted-legal-territory-poses",
        "published": "2026-09-18T11:25:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Najib's house arrest could hurt Malaysia's anti-graft credibility — TI-M",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/najibs-house-arrest-could-hurt-malaysias-anti-graft-credibility-ti-m",
        "published": "2026-09-18T11:26:56.000Z"
      }
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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."
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