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Hong Kong Court Overturns Jimmy Lai's Fraud Conviction
Hong Kong's Court of Appeal quashed Jimmy Lai's 2022 fraud convictions citing insufficient evidence, but he remains jailed on separate national security charges with a 20-year sentence.
- Thursday's ruling by the SAR appellate court overturned the 2022 fraud conviction against Jimmy Lai, and the court set aside the related sentences.
- The 2022 trial accused Lai of using Dico Consultants Ltd to occupy office space leased for publishing, leading to his conviction, which was later overturned.
- High Court Chief Judge Jeremy Poon, Anthea Pang and Derek Pang wrote that prosecutors had not met the burden of proof and the trial judge overlooked key issues.
- The quash only modestly alters Lai's overall prison calculation because he remains jailed on the 20-year national security sentence imposed this month with limited concurrent overlap.
- Rights groups and Lai's family expressed concern, while Hong Kong's Department of Justice said they will study the judgment and consider an appeal, amid hopes linked to the March 31, 2026 China visit.
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