{
  "id": 17150282,
  "title": "Hong Kong national security judge Alex Lee promoted to the Court of Appeal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/hong-kong-national-security-judge-alex-lee-promoted-to-the-court-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T00:07:37.000Z",
  "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/3372645/hong-kong-national-security-judge-alex-lee-promoted-court-appeal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Hong Kong judge who has overseen high-profile national security trials, including the collusion case of former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, has been promoted to the Court of Appeal. A Judiciary statement on Thursday said the chief executive had accepted the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission to appoint Court of First Instance judge Alex Lee Wan-tang to his new…",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/india-vs-pakistan-live-streaming-hong-kong-sixes-2026-when-and-where",
        "published": "2026-10-29T11:31:29.000Z"
      }
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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."
}