Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail on fraud charge
4 years ago

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail on fraud charge

The Independent  

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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 …

Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai denies he asked a newspaper colleague to draft list of sanction targets
1 month ago

Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai denies he asked a newspaper colleague to draft list of sanction targets

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Former publisher Jimmy Lai denied that he asked a colleague to draft a list of potential sanction targets in his second day of testimony Thursday at his landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. She was one of six former Apple Daily executives who pleaded guilty to conspiring with Lai to call for sanctions or a blockade …

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 …

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 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 …

Hong Kong court refuses to throw out sedition charge against media mogul Jimmy Lai
1 year ago

Hong Kong court refuses to throw out sedition charge against media mogul Jimmy Lai

The Independent  

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Hong Kong court rejects activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to throw out sedition charge
1 year ago

Hong Kong court rejects activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to throw out sedition charge

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Friday rejected a bid by prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai to throw out a sedition charge against him, delivering the ruling on the third day of his landmark national security trial. Hong Kong is a former British colony that returned to China’s rule in 1997 under a promise the city retain its …

Hong Kong court rejects publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to toss sedition charge
1 year ago

Hong Kong court rejects publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to toss sedition charge

Al Jazeera  

A Hong Kong court has rejected a bid by pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai to throw out a sedition charge against him as he faces a landmark national security trial. Lai, the founder of the defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, was charged with conspiracy to publish seditious publications under a sedition law enacted when Hong Kong was a British colony. Lai, …

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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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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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 …

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 Lai faces Security Law in delayed trial
2 years ago

Hong Kong publisher Lai faces Security Law in delayed trial

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Jimmy Lai broke into Hong Kong’s rambunctious media world 30 years ago armed with the belief that delivering information equates with protecting freedom. The high-profile trial was to begin Thursday but was postponed due to a request from Hong Kong’s Department of Justice based on its objection over whether Lai’s British lawyer will be allowed to defend …

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

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Wednesday upheld the decision to let a veteran British lawyer defend pro-democracy newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai at his upcoming national security trial. Timothy Owen, a London-based legal veteran who specializes in criminal and human rights law, was granted court approval last month to represent Lai despite objections from the city’s secretary of …

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 journalist granted bail, trip for fellowship
2 years, 3 months ago

Hong Kong journalist granted bail, trip for fellowship

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The head of Hong Kong’s largest journalist group was granted bail Thursday and allowed to leave the city for an overseas fellowship two weeks after he was arrested for allegedly obstructing police officers while reporting. Ronson Chan, who chairs the Hong Kong Journalists Association, pleaded not guilty to two counts of obstructing the police. Chan was allowed …

Apple Daily: Hong Kong police arrest five and seize assets in raid on pro-democracy newspaper
3 years, 6 months ago

Apple Daily: Hong Kong police arrest five and seize assets in raid on pro-democracy newspaper

The Independent  

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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 …

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 …

Hong Kong freezes assets of media tycoon Lai under security law
3 years, 7 months ago

Hong Kong freezes assets of media tycoon Lai under security law

Al Jazeera  

Use of security law’s powers for the first time to target a listed company could have repercussions for investor sentiment in the city. Hong Kong authorities have frozen assets belonging to jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, including all shares in his company, Next Digital – the first time a listed firm has been targeted by national security laws in the …

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 …

HK's highest court sets aside bail granted to Lai
3 years, 10 months ago

HK's highest court sets aside bail granted to Lai

China Daily  

Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, who has been charged with crimes including fraud and colluding with a foreign country or external elements to endanger national security, arrives at the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal set aside on Tuesday the bail granted to local media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying by a lower court. …

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. …

UK lawyers in the dock for giving Hong Kong legitimacy
3 years, 11 months ago

UK lawyers in the dock for giving Hong Kong legitimacy

The Telegraph  

Journalists at Hong Kong’s Apple Daily are used to shining a spotlight on others but on Aug 10 the newspaper’s reporters became the story as they live-streamed a police raid on their newsroom. Over 200 masked officers attended the fiercely pro-democratic tabloid’s offices, rifling through documents and acting aggressively towards staff. The media tycoon and democracy activist has been propelled …

Hong Kong’s media tycoon Jimmy Lai's bail revoked
3 years, 11 months ago

Hong Kong’s media tycoon Jimmy Lai's bail revoked

The Hindu  

Hong Kong's highest court on Thursday revoked media tycoon Jimmy Lai's bail after prosecutors succeeded in asking the judges to send him back to detention. Mr. Lai had been granted bail on Dec. 23 after three weeks in custody on charges of fraud and endangering national security. Mr. Lai is among a string of pro-democracy activists and supporters arrested by …

Hong Kong Pro-democracy Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Ordered Back to Jail
3 years, 11 months ago

Hong Kong Pro-democracy Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Ordered Back to Jail

News 18  

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was ordered back to jail Thursday as the city’s highest court granted prosecutors an appeal against his bail. Lai was the first defendant charged under the security law to be granted bail, but prosecutors rushed to the top court to apply for an appeal. China’s top party mouthpiece People’s Daily had criticised the …

Hong Kong media tycoon in court as prosecutors appeal bail
3 years, 11 months ago

Hong Kong media tycoon in court as prosecutors appeal bail

The Independent  

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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai ordered back to jail pending trial
3 years, 11 months ago

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai ordered back to jail pending trial

Al Jazeera  

Lai is one of the highest-profile pro-democracy figures charged under the sweeping security law China imposed on the territory on June 30. Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was ordered back to jail on Thursday as the territory’s highest court said a judge may have erred in allowing him bail. Al Jazeera’s Adrian Brown, reporting from Hong Kong, said …

Bail revoked for Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon
3 years, 11 months ago

Bail revoked for Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon

LA Times  

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrives at the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Thursday. Hong Kong’s highest court on Thursday revoked media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s bail after prosecutors succeeded in asking the judges to send him back to detention. Chinese state-owned newspaper People’s Daily posted a strongly worded commentary on Sunday criticizing the …

Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai granted bail
4 years ago

Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai granted bail

Al Jazeera  

Accused of ‘foreign collusion’, judge says Lai can return home providing he complies with a series of strict conditions. Jimmy Lai, a media tycoon and the most prominent pro-democracy campaigner charged under a sweeping China-imposed security law, has been given bail and allowed to return to his home after being taken into custody three weeks ago. A judge in Hong …

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai granted bail; pro-democracy advocate faced fraud, national security-related charges
4 years ago

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai granted bail; pro-democracy advocate faced fraud, national security-related charges

Firstpost  

Lai is among a recent string of pro-democracy activists and supporters arrested by Hong Kong police, prompting concerns that the semi-autonomous Chinese territory is cracking down on dissent following Beijing’s imposition of a national security law in June Hong Kong: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was granted bail on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after he was remanded in custody …

Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai denied bail as Pompeo tweets support
4 years ago

Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai denied bail as Pompeo tweets support

The Independent  

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Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denied bail as Pompeo tweets support
4 years ago

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denied bail as Pompeo tweets support

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Jimmy Lai, the 73-year-old Hong Kong media tycoon and advocate for democracy, was denied bail Saturday after being charged the previous day under the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s new national security law. Beijing imposed the national security law on Hong Kong earlier this year after stormy protests in 2019 that started over an extradition bill and expanded to …

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under security law
4 years ago

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under security law

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city’s national security law as authorities step up a crackdown on dissent, local media reported. Lai, who founded the Apple Daily tabloid, was charged on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security, local broadcaster TVB reported Friday. When asked for …

Jimmy Lai appears in Hong Kong court in metal chain
4 years ago

Jimmy Lai appears in Hong Kong court in metal chain

Al Jazeera  

Judge denies anew bail for 73-year-old media mogul, who is being charged of collusion with foreign forces to endanger China’s national security. Lai’s main charge is colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security when he called for sanctions against Hong Kong authorities and China from July to December this year. ‘Unnecessary detention’ Lai’s defence lawyer, Peter Duncan, asked the …

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under national security law
4 years ago

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under national security law

Firstpost  

The Apple Daily tabloid founder was charged on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security Hong Kong: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city’s national security law, amid a widening crackdown on dissent, according to local media reports. Lai, who founded the Apple Daily tabloid, was charged on suspicion …

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