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  "id": 14137691,
  "title": "Ex-Cyberport department head, 5 others, charged over HK$20 million tech subsidy fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/ex-cyberport-department-head-5-others-charged-over-hk-20-million-tech-14137691",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:28:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3370695/ex-cyberport-department-head-5-others-charged-over-hk20-million-tech-subsidy-fraud"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A former department head of Hong Kong’s fintech hub Cyberport has been granted bail after being charged with accepting bribes to help an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up secure HK$20 million in funding from a government-subsidised programme. Alice So Nga-lai, 59, former head of entrepreneurship of the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company, was accused of receiving advantages such as flight…",
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        "title": "Ex-Cyberport department head, 5 others, charged over HK$20 million tech subsidy fraud",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/ex-cyberport-department-head-5-others-charged-over-hk-20-million-tech",
        "published": "2026-10-13T06:28:39.000Z"
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