{
  "id": 8468833,
  "title": "Release Najib pardon board minutes, urges Wanita DAP",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/release-najib-pardon-board-minutes-urges-wanita-dap",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T13:18:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1536251/release-najib-pardon-board-minutes-urges-wanita-dap"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Wanita DAP has called for the release of the official minutes from the Pardons Board meeting that granted former Prime Minister Najib Razak a conditional pardon. The party's chief, Teo Nie Ching, emphasized the need for transparency and public accountability in such a significant decision. Loke, DAP secretary-general, resigned from the cabinet following the Pardons Board's decision, stating that the party's other ministers and deputy ministers would stay in the government.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Wanita DAP has urged the government to disclose the official minutes of the Pardons Board meeting that decided to grant former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak a conditional pardon, following DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke's decision to resign from the cabinet.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Loke, other top guns arrive for CEC meeting on Najib",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/loke-other-top-guns-arrive-for-cec-meeting-on-najib",
        "published": "2026-09-19T07:06:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke resigns over former PM Najib’s conditional pardon, other DAP ministers to stay on",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/malaysias-transport-minister-anthony-loke-resigns-over-former-pm",
        "published": "2026-09-19T10:28:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Loke resigns as Transport Minister, DAP stays in Anwar’s government after Najib’s conditional pardon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/loke-resigns-as-transport-minister-dap-stays-in-anwars-government",
        "published": "2026-09-19T10:32:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "ED summons former Minister Ambati Rambabu in liquor transport scam case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/ed-summons-former-minister-ambati-rambabu-in-liquor-transport-scam",
        "published": "2026-09-19T14:54:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}