{
  "id": 8599489,
  "title": "Najib's RM50mil house arrest condition partly beyond his control, say lawyers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/najibs-rm50mil-house-arrest-condition-partly-beyond-his-control-say",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T03:46:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1536767/najibs-rm50mil-house-arrest-condition-partly-beyond-his-control-say"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s ability to meet the RM50 million payment condition set for his house arrest depends partly on matters beyond his control, his lawyers said today.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "AG says Prisons Dept to issue SOPs for Najib’s house arrest, RM50m fine must be paid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/ag-says-prisons-dept-to-issue-sops-for-najibs-house-arrest-rm50m-fine",
        "published": "2026-09-20T02:46:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Najib’s ability to pay RM50mi fine ‘not entirely in his hands’, say lawyers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/najibs-ability-to-pay-rm50mi-fine-not-entirely-in-his-hands-say",
        "published": "2026-09-20T03:42:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Pending US$12.3 million house arrest fine keeps Malaysia’s Najib in prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/pending-us-12-3-million-house-arrest-fine-keeps-malaysias-najib-in",
        "published": "2026-09-20T04:47:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "[UPDATED] Prisons Department awaiting official written notice on Najib's conditional pardon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/updated-prisons-department-awaiting-official-written-notice-on-najibs",
        "published": "2026-09-20T04:57:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}