{
  "id": 9504590,
  "title": "Authorities may appeal engineer’s non-custodial sentence in Queen Mary Hospital lift case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/authorities-may-appeal-engineers-non-custodial-sentence-in-queen-mary-9504590",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T06:13:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3368611/authorities-may-appeal-engineers-non-custodial-sentence-queen-mary-hospital-lift-case"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hong Kong’s Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) is considering an appeal against the non-custodial sentence of an engineer held liable for faulty lift installation work in Queen Mary Hospital’s new clinical block. The department said on Thursday it was seeking legal advice on whether to apply for a review of lift engineer Law Wing-chai’s sentence after he was deemed responsible…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
        "title": "Authorities may appeal engineer’s non-custodial sentence in Queen Mary Hospital lift case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/authorities-may-appeal-engineers-non-custodial-sentence-in-queen-mary",
        "published": "2026-09-24T06:13:22.000Z"
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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."
}