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  "id": 10651015,
  "title": "Hong Kong man jailed 3 years for hammer attack on associate who later died",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/hong-kong-man-jailed-3-years-for-hammer-attack-on-associate-who-later-10651015",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T08:19:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3369185/hong-kong-man-jailed-3-years-hammer-attack-associate-who-later-died"
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  "summary": "Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced a man with a triad background to three years and two months after he attacked an associate with a hammer, leaving the victim bleeding on the street before he died of an overdose hours later. The court heard on Tuesday that Mo Tai-fung, 42, was initially charged with murdering the 33-year-old, having allegedly struck him on the head 11 times at about 2am on…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hong Kong Free Press",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/dozens-sign-petition-calling-on-chinese-university-of-hong-kong",
        "published": "2026-09-29T06:34:13.000Z"
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
        "title": "Hong Kong man jailed 3 years for hammer attack on associate who later died",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/hong-kong-man-jailed-3-years-for-hammer-attack-on-associate-who-later",
        "published": "2026-09-29T08:19:47.000Z"
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