Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai's 'punditry' not criminal: Lawyer

Hong Kong judges, Jimmy Lai’s lawyers lock horns over ‘armchair punditry’

Lai’s lawyers and three trial judges find themselves again entangled in debate on interpretation of former media boss’ remarks.

Jimmy Lai’s lawyer grilled about tycoon’s vow to ‘not back down’ after security law

Three handpicked judges presiding over the trial of Jimmy Lai have grilled his defence lawyer about the tycoon’s pledge to “not back down,” despite the 2020 enactment of the Beijing-imposed national security law. Jimmy Lai in 2020. Photo: HKFP. On Thursday, the judges, chosen by Hong Kong’s leader to hear national security cases, pushed back against the defence’s argument that Lai was merely providing “armchair commentary” of global affairs in h…

Media mogul Jimmy Lai’s ‘armchair punditry’ no breach of security law, lawyer tells Hong Kong court

HONG KONG, Aug 21 — Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s lawyer clashed with judges on Thursday over whether the pro-democracy newspaper founder’s “armchair punditry” on social media and other platforms breached the city’s national security law.The 77-year-old founder of the now-closed Apple Daily has pleaded not guilty to two counts of foreign collusion, with authorities accusing him of using various platforms to lobby Western nations to sanction …

Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai's 'punditry' not criminal: Lawyer

HONG KONG: Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai's lawyer clashed with judges on Thursday (Aug 21) over whether the pro-democracy newspaper founder's "armchair punditry" on social media and other platforms breached the city's national security law. The 77-year-old founder of the now-closed Apple Daily has pleade