Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai fraud conviction overturned

A Hong Kong appeals court has ruled that prosecutors failed to prove democracy advocate Lai had committed rent fraud. The former publisher nevertheless remains behind bars on other national security charges.

Hong Kong gov’t mulls appeal after tycoon Jimmy Lai fraud conviction overturned

Hong Kong’s justice department will consider an appeal after a court overturned pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction relating to an alleged lease violation at the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper headquarters. His jail term stemming from the case was quashed on Thursday morning, though the 78-year-old media mogul still remains behind bars serving 20 years […]

By Tom Grundy