{
  "id": 9112955,
  "title": "General : BHESS, EC Start Engagement On Increasing Sabah And Sarawak Parliamentary Seats",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/general-bhess-ec-start-engagement-on-increasing-sabah-and-sarawak",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T07:01:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2610357"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "KOTA KINABALU, Sept 22 (Bernama) -- The Sabah and Sarawak Affairs Division (BHESS) of the Prime Minister's Department has initiated engagement with the Election Commission (EC) to discuss the direction and implementation mechanism for the proposal to increase the number of Members of Parliament (MPs) from Sabah and Sarawak.",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "BHESS, EC start engagement on increasing Sabah and Sarawak parliamentary seats",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/bhess-ec-start-engagement-on-increasing-sabah-and-sarawak",
        "published": "2026-09-22T08:44:31.000Z"
      }
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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."
}