Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty in national security trial
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to all charges against him in a high-profile national security trial that could see the city’s leading critic of the Chinese Communist Party jailed for life. Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, looks on as he leaves the Court of […]
Security tight ahead of landmark trial for leading Hong Kong democrat
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters A landmark national security trial for leading China critic Jimmy Lai opened in Hong Kong on Monday amid tight security, with the pro-democracy activist battling charges that he colluded with foreign forces, including the United States. Queues formed outside the West Kowloon Law Court building the night before the closely anticipated trial, […]
China clampdown on Hong Kong in spotlight as leading democrat goes on trial
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters A long-awaited national security trial opens in Hong Kong on Monday for leading China critic and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who faces possible life imprisonment on charges he colluded with foreign forces, including the United States. Foreign envoys, business people and legal scholars will be watching the trial closely, saying it looms […]
Essay: How colonial-era laws are being used to shut down independent journalism in Hong Kong
In an article first published on The Conversation, academics YAN-HO LAI and YUEN CHAN look at how old laws are being employed in the crackdown on media outlets in Hong Kong…
Jimmy Lai, Chinese Catholic financier, acquitted of first in a series of charges
Religion Unplugged Jimmy Lai, media mogul and entrepreneur, was acquitted last Thursday on the first of several charges he is currently facing from Chinese authorities. Lai, a Catholic convert, was charged with intimidating a reporter of a rival newspaper, the Oriental Daily, at a Tiananmen Square memorial. Lai’s time in the courthouse was only minutes […]