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Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction overturned by Hong Kong court in rare legal win for activist
The Court of Appeal found prosecutors failed to prove fraud beyond reasonable doubt, overturning Lai’s 2022 conviction while he remains jailed for a 20-year national security sentence.
- Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy Hong Kong media tycoon, won an appeal against a fraud conviction that had seen him sentenced to nearly six years in jail.
- Lai is a fierce critic of Beijing and founded Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper that was shut down in 2020 after he and other staff were arrested.
- Critics say Lai's trials and detention are a sign of shrinking civil liberties in Hong Kong after the introduction of a Beijing-imposed national security law.
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The Hong Kong-condemned democracy activist and former publisher Jimmy Lai has achieved legal success.
·Germany
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However, the former Magnat remains in detention after being sentenced to 20 years in prison for sedition under a national security law.
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Total News Sources43
Leaning Left13Leaning Right5Center13Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left, 42% Center
Bias Distribution
- 42% of the sources lean Left, 42% of the sources are Center
42% Center
L 42%
C 42%
R 16%
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