{
  "id": 9117505,
  "title": "John Lee appoints Kelvin Kong head of police’s National Security Department",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/john-lee-appoints-kelvin-kong-head-of-polices-national-security-9117505",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T08:42:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3368374/john-lee-appoints-kelvin-kong-head-polices-national-security-department"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Senior Hong Kong police officer Kelvin Kong Hok-lai has taken over the force’s National Security Department, succeeding Andrew Kan Kai-yan, who began pre-retirement leave on Tuesday. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu appointed Kong as deputy police commissioner (national security) under Article 16 (2) of the national security law. The appointment took effect immediately after Kong took the oath of…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
        "title": "John Lee appoints Kelvin Kong head of police’s National Security Department",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/john-lee-appoints-kelvin-kong-head-of-polices-national-security",
        "published": "2026-09-22T08:42:31.000Z"
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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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