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  "id": 17013885,
  "title": "Hong Kong teen jailed for 8 years for acid attack on Singaporean tourist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/hong-kong-teen-jailed-for-8-years-for-acid-attack-on-singaporean-17013885",
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  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T04:58:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3372525/hong-kong-teen-jailed-8-years-acid-attack-singaporean-tourist"
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  "summary": "A Hong Kong court has sentenced a teenager with triad links to eight years in prison for splashing corrosive liquid on a Singaporean tourist last year in return for a promised payment of HK$10,000 (US$1,280). Mr Justice Andrew Chan Hing-wai of the High Court said on Thursday that defendant Anson Kew, 19, had caused a “lifelong impact” on Jiang Wen, 36, who suffered second-degree burns in the…",
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