{
  "id": 2071323,
  "title": "China Evergrande founder Hui Ka-yan sentenced to life imprisonment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/china-evergrande-founder-hui-ka-yan-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T04:27:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Business",
    "slug": "scmp-business",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3364641/china-evergrande-founder-hui-ka-yan-sentenced-life-imprisonment"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A court in Shenzhen has sentenced China Evergrande Group founder and former chairman Hui Ka-yan, also known as Xu Jiayin, to life imprisonment for “multiple combined crimes”, confiscating all Hui’s personal property. Meanwhile, Evergrande was fined 8.82 billion yuan (US$1.3 billion), while its onshore operating unit Hengda Real Estate was fined 7 billion yuan – one of the biggest corporate fines…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nikkei Asia",
        "title": "China Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan sentenced to life in prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/china-evergrande-founder-hui-ka-yan-sentenced-to-life-in-prison",
        "published": "2026-08-20T03:32:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Chinese court sentences Evergrande founder to life in prison for fraud",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/chinese-court-sentences-evergrande-founder-to-life-in-prison-for-fraud",
        "published": "2026-08-20T04:22:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}