{
  "id": 16159936,
  "title": "Hong Kong security chief vows accountability, reforms ahead of Tai Po fire report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/hong-kong-security-chief-vows-accountability-reforms-ahead-of-tai-po-16159936",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T05:19:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3371874/security-chief-vows-accountability-reforms-ahead-tai-po-fire-reports-release"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Fire Services Department will bear “ultimate responsibility” for following up on fire safety complaints across Hong Kong, the security chief has said, pledging legal reforms after the deadly Tai Po blaze, as an independent committee’s report is expected to identify the department as among those responsible. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung made the pledge a day after the judge-led…",
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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."
}