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  "id": 9682659,
  "title": "Rais Yatim pleads not guilty to sedition charge over Negeri Sembilan royal crisis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/rais-yatim-pleads-not-guilty-to-sedition-charge-over-negeri-sembilan-9682659",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T02:52:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
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    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/09/25/rais-yatim-pleads-not-guilty-to-sedition-charge-over-negeri-sembilan-royal-crisis/236434"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former Dewan Negara president Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim has pleaded not guilty to a sedition charge linked to the Negeri Sembilan royal crisis. The 84-year-old entered the plea at the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court, where Judge Raja Noor Adilla Raja Mahyaldin read out the charge. According to the charge, Rais allegedly uttered seditious words at a hotel in Simpang Ampat, Alor Gajah, on June 5. Rais, who is also the chairman of Parti Wawasan Negara, was charged under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act 1948, which carries penalties including a fine of up to RM5,000, imprisonment for up to three years, or both. The court set October 27 for the next mention of the case.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Rais Yatim expected to be charged in Ayer Keroh court today",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/rais-yatim-expected-to-be-charged-in-ayer-keroh-court-today",
        "published": "2026-09-25T00:34:38.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Rais Yatim arrives at Ayer Keroh court to face sedition charge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/rais-yatim-arrives-at-ayer-keroh-court-to-face-sedition-charge",
        "published": "2026-09-25T01:19:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Rais Yatim didakwa menghasut berkait krisis adat N Sembilan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/rais-yatim-didakwa-menghasut-berkait-krisis-adat-n-sembilan",
        "published": "2026-09-25T02:47:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "Rais claims trial over sedition charge linked to N Sembilan crisis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/rais-claims-trial-over-sedition-charge-linked-to-n-sembilan-crisis",
        "published": "2026-09-25T03:39:18.000Z"
      }
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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."
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