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  "id": 2095770,
  "title": "Evergrande founder sentenced to life in prison by Chinese court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/evergrande-founder-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-by-chinese-court",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T07:38:23.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/evergrande-founder-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-china-guangzhou/107060008"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hui Ka Yan, who had faced eight charges including misuse of funds and illegally taking public deposits, pleaded guilty in April, following China Evergrande's collapse five years ago after a quarter of a century in operation.",
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      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Chinese court sentences founder of property developer Evergrande to life in prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/chinese-court-sentences-founder-of-property-developer-evergrande-to",
        "published": "2026-08-20T07:31:55.000Z"
      }
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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."
}