{
  "id": 8419746,
  "title": "[UPDATED] DAP leaders arrive for emergency CEC meeting over Najib pardon [WATCH]",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/updated-dap-leaders-arrive-for-emergency-cec-meeting-over-najib",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T07:59:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1536107/updated-dap-leaders-arrive-emergency-cec-meeting-over-najib-pardon"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "DAP leaders have convened an emergency central executive committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur following the news of ex-PM Najib Razak's conditional pardon. DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke was the first to arrive at the party headquarters at 2:54pm, soon followed by other key figures. DAP chairman Gobind Singh Deo and Wanita DAP chief Teo Nie Ching joined the gathering, along with Hannah Yeoh, deputy secretary-general and member of the Federal Territories Pardons Board, and deputy chairman Nga Kor Ming. The conditional pardon allows Najib to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest, provided he fulfills all imposed conditions, until Aug 23, 2028. The Federal Territories Pardons Board confirmed that His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia, had approved the pardon.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke and other party leaders have arrived at the DAP headquarters here for an emergency central executive committee (CEC) meeting.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "1MDB case status remains unchanged after Najib's conditional pardon - MACC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/1mdb-case-status-remains-unchanged-after-najibs-conditional-pardon",
        "published": "2026-09-19T05:48:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "DAP leaders arrive for emergency CEC meeting over Najib pardon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/dap-leaders-arrive-for-emergency-cec-meeting-over-najib-pardon",
        "published": "2026-09-19T07:59:49.000Z"
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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."
}