{
  "id": 9310391,
  "title": "Drug convict walks free after sentence backdated to 2021 arrest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/drug-convict-walks-free-after-sentence-backdated-to-2021-arrest",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T09:47:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2026/09/1539405/drug-convict-walks-free-after-sentence-backdated-2021-arrest"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "JOHOR BARU: A former house painter who had spent five years and eight months in custody walked free today after the High Court here sentenced him to four years and six months in jail for possessing four types of dangerous drugs and caffeine in 2021.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}