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  "id": 1462176,
  "title": "Hong Kong police officer loses appeal over 6½-year term for HK$26m mortgage fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/hong-kong-police-officer-loses-appeal-over-61-2-year-term-for-hk-26m-1462176",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T10:00:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3364302/hong-kong-police-officer-loses-appeal-over-6-1/2-year-term-hk26m-mortgage-fraud"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Hong Kong court has dismissed an appeal by a senior police officer against his 6½-year jail sentence for fraudulently securing over HK$26 million (US$3.31 million) in mortgages by concealing his affiliation with the force. In a written judgment delivered on Monday, the Court of Appeal upheld Superintendent Harbour Chan Hoi-kong’s conviction on two counts of fraud, finding that he must have…",
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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."
}