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  "id": 4620607,
  "title": "50 arrested in crackdown on bid-rigging",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/50-arrested-in-crackdown-on-bid-rigging-4620607",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T09:21:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTHK News",
    "slug": "rthk-news",
    "url": "https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1868248-20260831.htm"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Fifty people have been arrested in a joint operation against a syndicate alleged to be engaged in bribery and bid-rigging for major building maintenance and renovation projects. The arrests, which took in the suspected mastermind and core members of the syndicate, were in relation to 27 projects at housing estates and buildings. They are estimated to be worth approximately HK$500 million in…",
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        "title": "50 arrested in crackdown on bid-rigging",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/50-arrested-in-crackdown-on-bid-rigging",
        "published": "2026-08-31T09:21:25.000Z"
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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."
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