US EditionHong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty on all charges in landmark national security trial
Jimmy Lai was convicted of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and sedition in a trial highlighting Hong Kong's declining press freedom under Beijing's national security law.
- On 15 December, Jimmy Lai was found guilty under Hong Kong’s National Security Law on two counts of colluding with foreign forces and conspiring to publish seditious material, with sentencing pending.
- After December 15, Lai was found guilty under Hong Kong’s draconian National Security Law on two counts of collusion with foreign forces and conspiracy, in a landmark two-year trial. The case followed months of pro-democracy protests and targeted Lai’s Apple Daily for sharp criticism of the Chinese Communist Party.
- Court filings show contested procedures: Lai was denied jury trial and counsel choice, three judges were Beijing-appointed, and a so-called 'witness' who was allegedly tortured testified.
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This 78-year-old Hong Kong press figure, who has been incarcerated since 2020, has been convicted of sedition and collusion with the foreigner, and his sentence will be known later.
The media mogul was accused of trying to overthrow the Chinese government. The court convicted him of conspiring with foreign forces and conspiring to publish seditious materials.
The Hong Kong High Court has put a stop to the most symbolic trial held under the National Security Act (LSN), the policy introduced by Beijing in 2020 to silence the protests that a year earlier had paralysed the territory demanding that it maintain its autonomy from mainland China. Jimmy Lai, 78 years old and founder of the disappeared Apple Daily pro-democracy daily, has been convicted of two charges of collusion with foreign forces and a cri…
Taiwan deeply regrets Jimmy Lai conviction under HK national security law
Taipei, Dec. 15 (CNA) Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Monday expressed "deep regret" over the conviction of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai (黎智英) under the territory's national security law, while condemning the Hong Kong government for using the law to "politically persecute pro-democracy figures."
A Hong Kong court sentenced publisher Jimmy Lai and accused him of wanting to overthrow the Chinese Communist Party. The founder of the meanwhile discontinued newspaper "Apple Daily" is facing a life sentence.
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