{
  "id": 1421677,
  "title": "Hong Kong merchant jailed for trying to kill wife, daughters amid debt woes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/hong-kong-merchant-jailed-for-trying-to-kill-wife-daughters-amid-debt-1421677",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T04:30:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3364241/hong-kong-merchant-jailed-trying-kill-wife-daughters-amid-debt-woes"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Hong Kong merchant has been jailed for five years and four months for attempting to murder his wife and three daughters by burning charcoal in their public rental flat after struggling to repay debts totalling nearly HK$900,000 (US$115,000). The High Court on Monday sentenced Wong Pak-ting in what the presiding judge described as a “tragic” case. The 45-year-old pleaded guilty in May to four…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
        "title": "Hong Kong merchant jailed for trying to kill wife, daughters amid debt woes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/hong-kong-merchant-jailed-for-trying-to-kill-wife-daughters-amid-debt",
        "published": "2026-08-17T04:30:30.000Z"
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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."
}