{
  "id": 8440856,
  "title": "Loke offers to resign as Transport Minister following Pardons Board decision",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/loke-offers-to-resign-as-transport-minister-following-pardons-board",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T10:21:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/127474/loke-to-resign-as-transport-minister-following-pardons-boards-decision"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Transport Minister Anthony Loke has offered to resign from his position following the Pardons Board's decision to grant former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak conditional house arrest. According to Malay Mail, Loke made the announcement after chairing an emergency central executive committee meeting of the Democratic Action Party, which lasted nearly three hours.\n\nLoke stated that he would continue as the party's secretary-general. The party's other ministers will remain in the Cabinet to maintain political stability, Channel News Asia reported. Loke said DAP is aware that certain parties want the party to leave the Cabinet as a whole so they can achieve their political ambitions, and that he is the only DAP leader offering to resign.\n\nThe decision was made in response to the Federal Territories Pardons Board granting Najib a conditional pardon, chaired by the Malaysian king. Loke expressed that the party has a stand and feels it is difficult to accept for DAP and many Malaysians.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Loke offers to resign as minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/loke-offers-to-resign-as-minister",
        "published": "2026-09-19T10:18:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Loke offers to resign from cabinet over Najib's house arrest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/loke-offers-to-resign-from-cabinet-over-najibs-house-arrest",
        "published": "2026-09-19T10:26:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Malaysia’s Loke resigns as transport minister following Najib’s house arrest approval",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/malaysias-loke-resigns-as-transport-minister-following-najibs-house",
        "published": "2026-09-19T10:56:45.000Z"
      }
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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."
}