{"id":"8811c8e1-f4d1-4eba-b6df-55f96f6e6a83","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3366194/retired-cardinal-joseph-zen-4-others-lose-appeal-over-failure-register-defence-fund","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Retired Cardinal Joseph Zen, 4 others lose appeal over failure to register defence fund","plainHeadline":"Retired Cardinal Joseph Zen and 4 others lose appeal over failure to register defence fund","rewrite":{"model":"gpt-5.6-sol","at":"2026-09-03T11:04:04.143Z"},"summary":["Retired Cardinal Joseph Zen and four activists lose their appeal in Hong Kong.","Court upholds magistrate’s finding that 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund was a society.","Registration with police or exemption required within one month of establishment.","Defendants fined HK$4,000 each; sixth defendant fined HK$2,500.","Case linked to national security probe into alleged foreign sanctions collusion."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-03T05:25:55.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-03T06:31:03.562Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/b915bc2f-0c4a-456f-93e3-3b6efa07e0f6"}