{
  "id": 76873,
  "title": "Former Hong Kong prison officer jailed for 3 years over brutal attack on inmate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/former-hong-kong-prison-officer-jailed-for-3-years-over-brutal-attack",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T06:51:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3362769/former-hong-kong-prison-officer-jailed-3-years-over-brutal-attack-inmate"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A former Hong Kong prison officer has been sentenced to three years in jail for severely wounding an inmate by repeatedly thrusting a stick into the victim’s rectum after the defendant was sprinkled with baby powder during a game of bingo. District Court Judge Frankie Yiu Fun-che on Monday handed down the punishment to Tam Lik-chung, a former Correctional Services Department assistant officer,…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Legco-executive dialogue must deliver more than novelty for Hong Kong",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/legco-executive-dialogue-must-deliver-more-than-novelty-for-hong-kong",
        "published": "2026-08-02T21:30:05.000Z"
      }
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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."
}