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  "id": 329379,
  "title": "5 years after arrests, passports returned to 8 figures not charged in Hong Kong 47 subversion case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/5-years-after-arrests-passports-returned-to-8-figures-not-charged-in-329379",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T05:43:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hong Kong Free Press",
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    "url": "https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/07/5-years-after-arrests-passports-returned-to-8-figures-not-charged-in-hong-kong-47-subversion-case/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Eight people who were not prosecuted in the landmark Hong Kong 47 national security case have been given back their passports by the authorities, more than five years after they were arrested. According to local media reports, former Democratic Party lawmakers James To and Roy Kwong, as well as ex-healthcare sector lawmaker Joseph Lee, have […]",
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        "title": "5 years after arrests, passports returned to 8 figures not charged in Hong Kong 47 subversion case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/5-years-after-arrests-passports-returned-to-8-figures-not-charged-in",
        "published": "2026-08-07T05:43:53.000Z"
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