{
  "id": 14647910,
  "title": "Abby Choi’s partner tells court her ex-father-in-law helped resolve his HK$5m debt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/abby-chois-partner-tells-court-her-ex-father-in-law-helped-resolve-14647910",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T07:46:57.000Z",
  "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/3370987/abby-chois-partner-tells-court-her-ex-father-law-helped-resolve-his-hk5m-debt"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung’s partner has acknowledged that her former father-in-law helped resolve a dispute over his HK$5 million gambling debt but maintained he was not obliged to repay it because he believed the company he owed would fold. Chris Tam Fong-chun told the High Court on Thursday that he had refused to repay a loan he took out while gambling at a casino run by…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Abby Choi’s partner tells court her ex-father-in-law helped resolve his HK$5m debt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/abby-chois-partner-tells-court-her-ex-father-in-law-helped-resolve",
        "published": "2026-10-15T07:46:57.000Z"
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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."
}