Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 14 months
3 years, 6 months ago

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 14 months

The Hindu  

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai was sentenced to a further 14 months in prison on Friday for organising an unauthoriseda ssembly on Oct. 1, 2019, during one of the city's pro-democracy rallies that year. Global criticism Lai's repeated arrests have drawn criticism from Western governments and international rights groups, who raised concerns over waning freedoms in the global financial hub, including freedom of speech and assembly. The sentence comes two weeks after authorities froze assets belonging to Lai, including bank accounts and his 71.26% stake in media publisher Next Digital. The moves could imperil any attempt by the democracy activist to move offshore assets back home to prop up Next Digital's troubled Apple Daily tabloid, a staunch government critic, one of Lai's financial advisers said.

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European Lawmakers Call to Sanction Hong Kong Over Jimmy Lai
3 weeks, 5 days ago

European Lawmakers Call to Sanction Hong Kong Over Jimmy Lai

Live Mint  

-- European lawmakers have called for fresh sanctions on Hong Kong and Chinese officials over the prosecution of former media mogul Jimmy Lai, as the trial of the city’s top security law target enters its final stage. Members of European Parliament wrote that Hong Kong authorities should “immediately and unconditionally release all pro-democracy politicians.” They added in a resolution that …

Former newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai's son discusses his trial in Hong Kong
1 month ago

Former newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai's son discusses his trial in Hong Kong

NPR  

Former newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai's son discusses his trial in Hong Kong Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai took the stand this week. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Jimmy Lai took the stand in Hong Kong this week after four years of solitary confinement. LAI: My father had a very good line, and he said, you know, Hong Kong is so poor, the …

Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai denies inciting hatred towards China in trial
1 month ago

Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai denies inciting hatred towards China in trial

Hindustan Times  

* Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai denies inciting hatred towards China in trial Lai denies inciting hatred, says he supports peaceful protests * Lai denies collusion with foreign forces, including the U.S * U.S. has condemned Lai's prosecution, called for his release By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG, - Pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai said on Thursday he …

Defiant Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion at high-profile Hong Kong national security trial
1 month ago

Defiant Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion at high-profile Hong Kong national security trial

The Independent  

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Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai takes stand in collusion trial
1 month ago

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai takes stand in collusion trial

Al Jazeera  

Lai denies supporting Hong Kong’s independence and says his now-defunct newspaper stood for ‘core values’ of the city’s people. Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has taken the stand for the first time in a national security trial widely seen as a barometer of the Chinese territory’s diminishing freedoms. Answering questions from his lawyer, Lai said that his now-shuttered …

Global lawmakers call for Hong Kong to free Jimmy Lai
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1 month ago

Global lawmakers call for Hong Kong to free Jimmy Lai

Raw Story  

Dozens of lawmakers from across the world called Tuesday for the immediate and unconditional release of pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, before he is due to give evidence in his collusion trial in Hong Kong. The letter's release came on the same day a Hong Kong court jailed all 45 defendants convicted in the city's largest trial under a sweeping national …

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong to hear from jailed media tycoon for the first time in four years. At his trial
1 month ago

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong to hear from jailed media tycoon for the first time in four years. At his trial

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, is expected to testify on Wednesday at his own national security trial in a high stakes court battle that could see him spend the rest of his life behind bars. You can also save the world.” Prosecutors …

Hong Kong court sentences editor to 21 months in jail in case seen as barometer of press freedom
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Hong Kong court sentences editor to 21 months in jail in case seen as barometer of press freedom

LA Times  

Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong’s now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arrives at the Wanchai District Court ahead of the final sentencing of Stand News sedition case in Wan Chai district court in Hong Kong on Thursday. A Hong Kong court sentenced a former editor of a shuttered news publication to 21 months in prison …

British judge condemned for keeping Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong jail quits media freedom panel
4 months, 1 week ago

British judge condemned for keeping Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong jail quits media freedom panel

The Independent  

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Jimmy Lai: Shame of UK judge keeping Hong Kong free speech hero in jail
4 months, 1 week ago

Jimmy Lai: Shame of UK judge keeping Hong Kong free speech hero in jail

The Independent  

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Hong Kong top court upholds Jimmy Lai’s conviction in 2019 protests case
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong top court upholds Jimmy Lai’s conviction in 2019 protests case

The Independent  

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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai to testify in own drawn-out trial as judge refuses to dismiss case
5 months ago

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai to testify in own drawn-out trial as judge refuses to dismiss case

The Independent  

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Publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at Hong Kong national security trial, lawyer says
5 months ago

Publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at Hong Kong national security trial, lawyer says

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A defense lawyer said Thursday that prominent publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense in the landmark national security trial brought under a Beijing-imposed law that has all but wiped out public dissent. The prosecutors have alleged that Lai had engaged in requesting foreign countries, especially the United States, to take actions against Beijing “under the …

Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to sedition and collusion charges
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to sedition and collusion charges

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to three charges of sedition and collusion with foreign countries in a landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. The 76-year-old media tycoon who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper faces one count of conspiring to print seditious publications to incite hatred against the Chinese and …

Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to national security, sedition charges
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to national security, sedition charges

Al Jazeera  

Media tycoon is the most prominent individual to face trial under the law imposed by China in 2020. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has pleaded not guilty to all charges in his closely-watched trial under the territory’s national security law that could see him jailed for life. Lai, 76, has been in prison since December 2020 and faces two …

Jimmy Lai: Son of Briton jailed in China hits out at ‘textbook show trial’
1 year ago

Jimmy Lai: Son of Briton jailed in China hits out at ‘textbook show trial’

The Independent  

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UK presses for consular access to Jimmy Lai as Hong Kong trial enters second day
1 year ago

UK presses for consular access to Jimmy Lai as Hong Kong trial enters second day

The Independent  

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Hong Kong court begins Day 2 of activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s trial
1 year ago

Hong Kong court begins Day 2 of activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s trial

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The national security trial of Hong Kong’s famous activist publisher Jimmy Lai entered its second day Tuesday, with judges expected to rule by the end of the week on his lawyers’ bid to throw out a sedition charge that has been increasingly used to target dissidents. His landmark trial — tied to the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple …

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong trial starts as U.S., U.K. urge his release
1 year ago

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong trial starts as U.S., U.K. urge his release

The Hindu  

Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai went on trial in Hong Kong Monday for national security charges that could see him jailed for life, with the United States and Britain demanding his release. Lai, 76, stands accused of “collusion” with foreign forces under a sweeping national security law that Beijing imposed on the finance hub in 2020. “I call on the …

David Cameron calls on Hong Kong to release Jimmy Lai
1 year ago

David Cameron calls on Hong Kong to release Jimmy Lai

The Independent  

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Landmark national security trial opens in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai
1 year ago

Landmark national security trial opens in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a law imposed by Beijing to crush dissidents. The U.S. condemned Lai’s prosecution and urged authorities in Hong Kong and Beijing to respect press freedom, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller …

Jimmy Lai’s security trial opens in Hong Kong, UK urges immediate release
1 year ago

Jimmy Lai’s security trial opens in Hong Kong, UK urges immediate release

Al Jazeera  

The media tycoon and democracy supporter, now 76, has been in jail for three years, accused of ‘collusion with foreign forces’. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has gone on trial for alleged national security offences, hours after the United Kingdom joined calls for his immediate release. I call on the Hong Kong authorities to end their prosecution and release …

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai faces trial under ‘unfair’ national security law
1 year ago

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai faces trial under ‘unfair’ national security law

Al Jazeera  

The 76-year-old media mogul faces up to life imprisonment for alleged ‘sedition’ and ‘collusion with foreign forces’. He initially planned to hire a British lawyer, Timothy Owen, to defend him in a decision that secured the backing of Hong Kong’s highest court, which dismissed the government’s bid to block Owen’s appointment and impose a “blanket ban” on foreign lawyers working …

Son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai lobbies UK foreign secretary for his release
1 year ago

Son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai lobbies UK foreign secretary for his release

The Independent  

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Son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai lobbies UK foreign secretary for his release
1 year ago

Son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai lobbies UK foreign secretary for his release

Associated Press  

LONDON — The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai met with Britain’s foreign secretary on Tuesday to lobby for the U.K.'s help in securing his release from prison. Lai, the founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, an outspoken pro-democracy newspaper, faces a long-delayed trial next week over charges he violated sweeping national security laws …

Jimmy Lai’s son fears Hong Kong media mogul may die in detention while awaiting trial
1 year, 3 months ago

Jimmy Lai’s son fears Hong Kong media mogul may die in detention while awaiting trial

Associated Press  

LONDON — The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai said Wednesday he did not want to see his father die in detention, as his lawyers raised the prospect that his long-delayed trial may be pushed back indefinitely. His son Sebastien Lai, 28, and his lawyers have described the case as a “show trial.” …

Hong Kong judges propose a further delay in the trial of activist publisher Jimmy Lai
1 year, 4 months ago

Hong Kong judges propose a further delay in the trial of activist publisher Jimmy Lai

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong judges on Friday proposed a new delay until December in the trial of a prominent activist publisher who was arrested in August 2020 under a sweeping Beijing-imposed national security law. His trial, originally scheduled to begin last December, had already been delayed by judges until September while the Hong Kong government appealed to Beijing to …

AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai
1 year, 4 months ago

AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Jimmy Lai, a former newspaper publisher and one of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, spends around 23 hours a day in solitary confinement in a maximum-security facility while he awaits a trial that could send him to prison for life. Jimmy Lai walks to go for exercise at the Stanley prison in Hong Kong, Friday, Aug. …

UK says raised Jimmy Lai security law case with China
1 year, 6 months ago

UK says raised Jimmy Lai security law case with China

Al Jazeera  

The Hong Kong media tycoon has been in jail since December 2020 and faces a long-delayed security law trial in September. The UK report, which covers the six months until December 31, 2022, noted that in November, Hong Kong’s highest court ruled UK British barrister Timothy Owen could join Lai’s defence team. Those facing national security charges no longer have …

Jimmy Lai: Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon’s son criticises UK for ‘failing to speak out’ against crackdown
1 year, 7 months ago

Jimmy Lai: Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon’s son criticises UK for ‘failing to speak out’ against crackdown

The Independent  

The son of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has called the UK government “incredibly weak” after it failed to condemn and act against the crackdown on dissent in mainland China. The 75-year-old founder of the now-shut Apple Daily newspaper is behind bars in a high-profile case filed by Hong Kong’s authorities after a crackdown on the pro-democracy movement. …

Jimmy Lai’s security law trial postponed to September 2023
2 years ago

Jimmy Lai’s security law trial postponed to September 2023

Al Jazeera  

Media tycoon, 75, who has been denied bail, could face life in prison if found guilty of alleged ‘collusion’ with foreign forces. But the government has claimed that allowing foreign lawyers into national security trials could reveal “state secrets” and after the CFA ruling, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee asked China’s top legislative body to “interpret” Hong Kong’s Basic …

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong tycoon and Beijing critic jailed for more than five years on fraud charge
2 years ago

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong tycoon and Beijing critic jailed for more than five years on fraud charge

The Independent  

Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s most prominent Beijing critic and pro-democracy media tycoon, was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison on Saturday over fraud charges for violating a lease contract. Lai’s former colleague Wong Wai-keung, 61, who was a chief administrative officer at the paper’s parent company Next Digital, was sentenced to 21 months in jail. The court …

Hong Kong jails pro-democracy media tycoon over fraud
2 years ago

Hong Kong jails pro-democracy media tycoon over fraud

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court sentenced a pro-democracy media tycoon to five years and nine months in prison on Saturday over two fraud charges linked to lease violations, the latest of a series of cases against prominent activists that critics say are aimed at crushing dissent in the city. Jimmy Lai, who was arrested during a crackdown on …

Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed over lease violation
2 years ago

Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed over lease violation

Al Jazeera  

Lai, 75, was jailed for five years and nine months, and fined 2 million Hong Kong dollars on a fraud charge. Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has received a new jail sentence of five years and nine months after being found guilty of fraud in a contractual dispute – the latest in a series of cases against prominent …

Hong Kong publisher’s national security trial postponed
2 years ago

Hong Kong publisher’s national security trial postponed

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The trial of a Hong Kong newspaper publisher who was arrested in a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement was postponed Thursday after the territory’s leader asked China to effectively block him from hiring a British defense lawyer. The Hong Kong government objected after judges on Monday approved Lai’s plan to hire Timothy Owen, a veteran human …

Hong Kong court lets UK lawyer defend media tycoon Jimmy Lai
2 years, 1 month ago

Hong Kong court lets UK lawyer defend media tycoon Jimmy Lai

The Independent  

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US condemns fraud conviction of Hong Kong media tycoon Lai
2 years, 1 month ago

US condemns fraud conviction of Hong Kong media tycoon Lai

Al Jazeera  

Washington says the Chinese territory’s once-vibrant media ‘has all but disappeared’ amid sweeping crackdown on dissent. The United States has slammed the fraud conviction of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, warning that the Chinese territory’s human rights protections are deteriorating and its once-vibrant press “has all but disappeared”. State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Wednesday that Washington condemned …

Pro-democracy publisher Lai found guilty on fraud charges
2 years, 2 months ago

Pro-democracy publisher Lai found guilty on fraud charges

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Pro-democracy Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai was found guilty Tuesday on two fraud charges related to lease violations, the latest in a series of prosecutions apparently aimed at punishing him for his past activism. Lai was arrested during a crackdown on the pro-democracy movement following widespread protests in 2019 and under the city’s sweeping Beijing-imposed National Security …

Hong Kong tycoon given 13 months jail for Tiananmen vigil
3 years ago

Hong Kong tycoon given 13 months jail for Tiananmen vigil

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced activist and business tycoon Jimmy Lai to 13 months in jail for urging participation in last year’s banned Tiananmen vigil, amid a crackdown by Chinese authorities that has rolled back the semi-autonomous city’s civil liberties. China last year passed a broadly defined national security law which has been viewed as …

Hong Kong tycoon given 13 months jail for Tiananmen vigil
3 years ago

Hong Kong tycoon given 13 months jail for Tiananmen vigil

The Hindu  

A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced activist and business tycoon Jimmy Lai to 13 months in jail for urging participation in last year’s banned Tiananmen vigil, amid a crackdown by Chinese authorities that has rolled back the semi-autonomous city’s civil liberties. Lee received 14 months for organising last year’s unauthorised assembly, during which thousands of people gathered to light …

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 14 months over pro-democracy protests
3 years, 6 months ago

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 14 months over pro-democracy protests

Firstpost  

Lai, who is already behind bars for taking part in the protests, pleaded guilty to organising an unlawful assembly on 1 October, 2019. He will serve a total of 20 months in jail Hong Kong: Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was among eight democracy activists handed new prison sentences on Friday for attending protests on the 70th anniversary …

Hong Kong tycoon gets 14-month jail term over 2019 protest
3 years, 6 months ago

Hong Kong tycoon gets 14-month jail term over 2019 protest

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced to more jail time Friday over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities step up a crackdown on dissent in the city. The founder of The Apple Daily, a feisty pro-democracy tabloid, Lai is also being investigated under the city’s sweeping national …

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai gets new sentence over democracy protests
3 years, 6 months ago

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai gets new sentence over democracy protests

Al Jazeera  

Judge sentences Lai and seven others to jail for organising an unauthorised assembly on October 1, 2019. Jimmy Lai, the jailed Hong Kong media tycoon and prominent supporter of democracy, has been given a new prison sentence of 14 months for organising an unauthorised demonstration on October 1, 2019. The risk was very real every day at that time.” The …

Hong Kong threatens bankers with jail time over Lai accounts
3 years, 6 months ago

Hong Kong threatens bankers with jail time over Lai accounts

Al Jazeera  

Bankers at HSBC and Citi ignoring the directive will be ‘liable on indictment to a fine and to imprisonment for seven years’, according to letters seen by Bloomberg News. Hong Kong authorities sent letters threatening media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s bankers with as many as seven years in jail if they deal with any of his accounts in the city. Security …

HK’s Joshua Wong gets 10 more months in jail over June 4 assembly
3 years, 7 months ago

HK’s Joshua Wong gets 10 more months in jail over June 4 assembly

Al Jazeera  

Prominent pro-democracy leader is already in prison and has also been charged under the national security law. Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong will face an additional 10 months in jail for participating in an unauthorised assembly on June 4 last year to commemorate the brutal 1989 crackdown in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. #BREAKING #HongKong activist Joshua Wong has been jailed …

Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Jailed for 12 Months over Huge Democracy Rally
3 years, 8 months ago

Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Jailed for 12 Months over Huge Democracy Rally

News 18  

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was jailed for 12 months on Friday over one of the city’s biggest-ever protests in 2019. Alongside Lai, four other defendants also received immediate jail terms of eight to 18 months for organising and knowingly participating in the peaceful protest on August 18, 2019, which called for democracy and greater police accountability. Four other …

Jimmy Lai among five Hong Kong democracy activists jailed
3 years, 8 months ago

Jimmy Lai among five Hong Kong democracy activists jailed

Al Jazeera  

Media mogul was sentenced to 12 months in prison while four other campaigners were jailed for between eight and 18 months. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was jailed for 12 months on Friday along with four other veteran democracy activists for helping to lead one of the city’s biggest-ever protests. Among the other defendants were Martin Lee, 82, a …

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail again
3 years, 10 months ago

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail again

Al Jazeera  

Beijing critic arrested under national security law in August when 200 police officers raided his tabloid’s newsroom. Hong Kong’s High Court has denied another bail application by media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person to be charged under the city’s national security law. The decision came on Thursday after the Court of Final Appeal ruled last …

Jimmy Lai remains in jail as Hong Kong’s top court considers bail
3 years, 10 months ago

Jimmy Lai remains in jail as Hong Kong’s top court considers bail

Al Jazeera  

Judges are considering whether tycoon should be allowed bail over security charges in a precedent-setting decision. Hong Kong tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been returned to custody on Monday while the territory’s highest court considers whether those facing national security charges should be eligible for bail in a landmark challenge to Hong Kong’s sweeping new national security legislation. …

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