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  "id": 18304901,
  "title": "Hong Kong grandmother gets 20 days for slapping 5-year-old girl at play area",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/hong-kong-grandmother-gets-20-days-for-slapping-5-year-old-girl-at-18304901",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T12:17:58.000Z",
  "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/3373430/hong-kong-grandmother-gets-20-days-slapping-five-year-old-girl-play-area"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Hong Kong grandmother has been sentenced to 20 days in jail for slapping a five-year-old girl who squabbled over a basketball with her grandson in a play area at the atrium of APM shopping centre in Kwun Tong. Leung Lai-ha, 68, on Thursday pleaded guilty to assaulting the girl on August 26, admitting that she hit the girl on impulse. A video of the brawl showed three adults were involved:…",
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