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  "id": 1711163,
  "title": "Hong Kong court orders defunct Apple Daily to pay HK$1.5 million over defamatory articles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/hong-kong-court-orders-defunct-apple-daily-to-pay-hk-1-5-million-over-1711163",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T12:24:47.000Z",
  "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/3364459/hong-kong-court-orders-defunct-apple-daily-pay-hk15-million-over-defamatory-articles"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Hong Kong court has ordered the defunct Apple Daily newspaper to pay HK$1.5 million in damages to a listed company and two senior executives over 10 defamatory articles that accused them of spying on the city’s pro-democracy activists at Beijing’s behest. In a written judgment delivered on Tuesday, the High Court ruled against former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s flagship publication after…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Hong Kong court orders defunct Apple Daily to pay HK$1.5 million over defamatory articles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/hong-kong-court-orders-defunct-apple-daily-to-pay-hk-1-5-million-over",
        "published": "2026-08-18T12:24:47.000Z"
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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."
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