{
  "id": 4420955,
  "title": "Long queues mark final day as Hong Kong bookstore closes after raid",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/long-queues-mark-final-day-as-hong-kong-bookstore-closes-after-raid-4420955",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T11:57:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3365763/long-queues-mark-final-day-hong-kong-bookstore-closes-after-raid"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An independent Hong Kong bookstore has shut its doors six weeks after a national security police raid, drawing long queues of customers on its final day following four years in business. Readers wound down the dim staircase of a Prince Edward tenement building on Sunday afternoon, with some waiting up to 45 minutes to enter the third-floor bookstore, Have a Nice Stay. The closure followed a…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
        "title": "Hong Kong police investigate viral video of dog in washing machine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/hong-kong-police-investigate-viral-video-of-dog-in-washing-machine",
        "published": "2026-08-30T07:33:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}