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  "id": 8461853,
  "title": "Air pollution at unhealthy levels in Sarawak, parts of Peninsula",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/air-pollution-at-unhealthy-levels-in-sarawak-parts-of-peninsula-8461853",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T12:37:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
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    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/09/19/air-pollution-at-unhealthy-levels-in-sarawak-parts-of-peninsula"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Air pollution in Sarawak, western Sarawak, and parts of Peninsular Malaysia has reached unhealthy levels due to smoke pollution from fires in Kalimantan, according to reports from Free Malaysia Today. Unhealthy readings were recorded in seven areas of Sarawak, including Serian, Kuching, Sri Aman, Samarahan, Sibu, Sarikei, and Bintulu. Similarly, unhealthy air quality was reported in Johor, Kuala Lumpur, Perak, Selangor, Putrajaya, Nilai, and Bukit Rambai. The Asean haze monitoring centre reported unhealthy to hazardous levels of air pollution in Kalimantan, western Sarawak, and southern Sumatra, with hotspots detected over Kalimantan and isolated hotspots in Sumatra and Sarawak. Smoke plumes from these hotspots have drifted into western Sarawak, southern Sabah, Singapore, and southern Peninsular Malaysia.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Air quality dips nationwide, Sarawak records seven unhealthy API readings, Klang Valley four, Johor three",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/air-quality-dips-nationwide-sarawak-records-seven-unhealthy-api",
        "published": "2026-09-19T09:50:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Air pollution at unhealthy levels in Sarawak, parts of Peninsula",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/air-pollution-at-unhealthy-levels-in-sarawak-parts-of-peninsula",
        "published": "2026-09-19T12:37:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}