
Jimmy Lai Wins Fraud Appeal, Remains Jailed Under Security Law
Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai has won an appeal in a fraud case, but remains in detention serving a 20-year sentence under the national security law.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai has won an appeal in a fraud case, but remains in detention serving a 20-year sentence under the national security law.
Claire Lai, the daughter of imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, will attend the State of the Union address to raise awareness of his detention.
There is this old British chestnut that says justice must not only be done, but must be seen to be done. Justice has been amply served in the 20-year sentence handed down to former media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, but it has not been seen to be done in many quarters, especially in the West. There is the reality of justice and the appearance of it, and the two don’t always or even usually coincide. There are two main reasons behind the widespread Western criticism of Lai’s case. One is that...

Publisher Jimmy Lai is risking everything for democracy, facing asset freezes, staff arrests, and harassment by the Chinese Communist Party before his prison sentence. The article highlights the severe actions taken by China against him.

A Hong Kong appeals court has overturned pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai's fraud conviction related to an alleged lease violation at the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper headquarters, quashing his jail term stemming from the case.
The daughter of Jimmy Lai is scheduled to attend an address by Donald Trump.
The Chinese foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong has lodged “solemn representations” with local envoys for Britain, the US, Australia and the EU over remarks made by their officials and politicians about the sentencing of former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying. The Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong issued a statement on Saturday, saying it had summoned representatives from the countries and the bloc on Wednesday and Thursday. “The commissioner’s office lodged solemn...

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 78, successfully appealed a fraud conviction, but he continues to be detained in connection with a separate national security case.

Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying is deciding whether to appeal his 20-year sentence for national security offenses, with a speedy pardon considered unlikely.

House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that he will bring the daughter of imprisoned Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai to the State of the Union address, emphasizing America's commitment to securing Lai's release.