{
  "id": 126655,
  "title": "Hong Kong civil servant charged with misconduct over bogus littering tickets issued to 5",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/hong-kong-civil-servant-charged-with-misconduct-over-bogus-littering",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-04T09:58:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3362939/hong-kong-civil-servant-charged-misconduct-over-bogus-littering-tickets-issued-5"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Hong Kong civil servant has been charged with misconduct in public office for allegedly issuing bogus fixed-penalty littering notices to five people, triggering court-issued arrest warrants and the wrongful arrest of an innocent person. Law Yui, a 41-year-old foreman with the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD), was charged by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on…",
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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."
}