Hong Kong authorities have scheduled a court hearing in July to address the confiscation of properties linked to crimes committed by former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying.

A Hong Kong court has dropped a fraud charge against the former financial chief of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s flagship media company, Apple Daily, after he testified for the prosecution against his former employer.

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...

The sentencing of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has been cited by Western officials and media as further evidence of the decline of Hong Kong’s legal system, sparking debate over geopolitical rivalry.

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.

Hong Kong authorities have filed an application to confiscate properties linked to crimes committed by former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, in accordance with the city's national security laws.

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...