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  "id": 14393088,
  "title": "Abby Choi’s ex-mother-in-law urged delay in calling police until ransom from ‘kidnappers’, court hears",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/abby-chois-ex-mother-in-law-urged-delay-in-calling-police-until",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T06:55:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3370842/abby-chois-ex-mother-law-urged-delay-calling-police-until-ransom-kidnappers"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The former mother-in-law of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung tried to prevent her family from reporting her disappearance to police by suggesting that they wait for her “kidnappers” to issue their demands, a court has heard. Choi’s partner, Chris Tam Fong-chun, told the High Court on Wednesday that Jenny Li Sui-heung had tried to paint the influencer’s disappearance as an abduction,…",
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        "title": "Abby Choi’s ex-mother-in-law urged delay in calling police until ransom from ‘kidnappers’, court hears",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/abby-chois-ex-mother-in-law-urged-delay-in-calling-police-until-14393913",
        "published": "2026-10-14T06:55:59.000Z"
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