{"id":"311a9062-cd85-4a36-9e1e-50daebf30cbb","url":"https://apnews.com/article/cardinal-zen-protest-fund-conviction-appeal-03a4a59a665c2ab384117a2efd9b7dae","domain":"apnews.com","outlet":{"name":"AP News","country":"US","cred":5,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Hong Kong court upholds convictions of Cardinal Joseph Zen and others over protester relief fund - AP News","plainHeadline":"Hong Kong court upholds convictions of Cardinal Zen and others","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Hong Kong court upholds convictions of Cardinal Joseph Zen and four others.","Defendants were convicted in 2022 for breaching the Societies Ordinance.","They served as trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund.","The fund helped pay medical and legal fees for arrested protesters until October 2021.","Appeals were dismissed; each was fined 4,000 Hong Kong dollars."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-03T04:40:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-03T10:23:42.807Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/b915bc2f-0c4a-456f-93e3-3b6efa07e0f6"}