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  "id": 6589521,
  "title": "Wall Street Journal publisher convicted for blocking reporter’s bid to lead union",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/wall-street-journal-publisher-convicted-for-blocking-reporters-bid-to-6589521",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T12:15:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3367085/wall-street-journal-publisher-convicted-blocking-reporters-bid-lead-union"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "The publisher of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has been found guilty of violating Hong Kong’s labour laws by illegally preventing a former reporter from running for the chairmanship of a local press union. However, Eastern Court on Thursday cleared Dow Jones Publishing Co (Asia) of unlawful termination of Selina Cheng Kar-yue’s contract, finding her dismissal could have been the result of a…",
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      },
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Wall Street Journal publisher convicted for blocking reporter’s bid to lead union",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/wall-street-journal-publisher-convicted-for-blocking-reporters-bid-to",
        "published": "2026-09-10T12:15:51.000Z"
      }
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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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