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  "id": 15380290,
  "title": "Hong Kong to link private mall cameras to police surveillance network: Chris Tang",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/hong-kong-to-link-private-mall-cameras-to-police-surveillance-network-15380290",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T07:48:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3371292/hong-kong-link-private-mall-cameras-police-surveillance-network-chris-tang"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hong Kong police are in the final stages of talks to connect security cameras at private shopping centres to the force’s expanding smart surveillance network aimed at tackling crime, the security chief has revealed. Speaking on a television programme on Sunday, Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said authorities were in discussions with private shopping centres to integrate their…",
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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."
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