{
  "id": 2373576,
  "title": "HKU professor charged over HK$2.2m bribery linked to IT education contracts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/hku-professor-charged-over-hk-2-2m-bribery-linked-to-it-education-2373576",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T11:33:09.000Z",
  "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/3364861/hku-professor-charged-over-hk22m-bribery-linked-it-education-contracts"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An associate professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been charged by the corruption watchdog for allegedly receiving HK$2.2 million (US$280,500) in bribes in return for awarding seven procurement contracts for information technology education services to a vendor. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said on Friday that it had prosecuted Gary Wong Ka-wai, 45, of the…",
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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."
}