{
  "id": 753671,
  "title": "Hong Kong woman acquitted of protest-related charges after return from Australia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/hong-kong-woman-acquitted-of-protest-related-charges-after-return",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T09:25:44.000Z",
  "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/3363917/hong-kong-woman-acquitted-protest-related-charges-after-return-australia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Hong Kong woman who returned from Australia has been acquitted of two charges linked to the 2019 anti-government protests, after a magistrate found insufficient evidence that she was involved in the unrest. Eastern Court ruled on Thursday that prosecutors had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that casino cashier Ami Chan Hui-ching, 21, carried two laser pointers and three bottles of…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
        "title": "3 mainland Chinese scholars honoured as Future Science Prize returns to Hong Kong",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/3-mainland-chinese-scholars-honoured-as-future-science-prize-returns",
        "published": "2026-08-13T08:17:19.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}