{
  "id": 90756,
  "title": "Akmal defends calling Teresa Kok ‘nyonya tua’, cites her age",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/akmal-defends-calling-teresa-kok-nyonya-tua-cites-her-age",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T14:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/08/03/akmal-defends-calling-teresa-kok-nyonya-tua-cites-her-age"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh has defended his use of the term \"nyonya tua\" to describe Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, claiming it was his honest observation of her age. Akmal argued that his subsequent call for a non-halal logo to be placed on Kok's forehead was figurative and not meant to be taken as a factual statement. He stated that his comments were a politically motivated criticism of Kok's remarks in Parliament, which he deemed insensitive and disrespectful to Islam. However, Kok maintains that Akmal's language was extreme and dehumanising, turning a policy disagreement into an attack on her religious beliefs and her contribution to national harmony.",
  "summary": "Former federal minister Khalid Samad, however, says the Umno Youth chief did not need to resort to such harsh language.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Akmal pertahan gelar Teresa Kok ‘nyonya tua’, sebut faktor usia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/akmal-pertahan-gelar-teresa-kok-nyonya-tua-sebut-faktor-usia",
        "published": "2026-08-03T14:58:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}