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  "id": 12833241,
  "title": "Hong Kong child abuse case prompts calls to watch for signs of psychological harm",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/hong-kong-child-abuse-case-prompts-calls-to-watch-for-signs-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T09:04:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3370183/hong-kong-child-abuse-case-prompts-calls-watch-signs-psychological-harm"
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  "summary": "Psychological abuse can be hard to detect, Hong Kong welfare experts have warned, urging social workers and teachers to look for subtle changes in children’s behaviour amid outrage over a viral video showing a girl carrying heavy bags of beer as her stepfather called her “useless”. Welfare groups said on Thursday that emotional and verbal abuse were among the most common yet least recognised…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Hong Kong Free Press",
        "title": "Hong Kong national security police arrest insurance agent and woman over ‘seditious’ social media pages",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/hong-kong-national-security-police-arrest-insurance-agent-and-woman",
        "published": "2026-10-08T08:16:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
        "title": "Hong Kong child abuse case prompts calls to watch for signs of psychological harm",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/hong-kong-child-abuse-case-prompts-calls-to-watch-for-signs-of-12835143",
        "published": "2026-10-08T09:04:26.000Z"
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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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