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  "id": 17230798,
  "title": "Hong Kong artist dismayed as works stolen hours before exhibition due to open",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/hong-kong-artist-dismayed-as-works-stolen-hours-before-exhibition-due-17230798",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T13:13:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3372775/hong-kong-artist-dismayed-works-stolen-hours-exhibition-due-open"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hong Kong police are investigating the suspected theft of five styrofoam sculptures created by local artist Keith Lam Yan-kit. The sculptures were discovered missing from Hong Kong City Hall in Central hours before the opening of a major new exhibition. At just after 2.30pm on Friday afternoon, officers received a report from the Microwave International New Media Arts Festival 2026 about the…",
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