Jimmy Lai

• Jimmy Lai: What to know as Hong Kong media tycoon’s trial gets underway

  A landmark national security trial started Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted.

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  Dec 18, 2023
  
• Hong Kong police arrest executives, seize documents from Jimmy Lai’s Apple Daily

  It was the first time under China's national security law that journalistic materials have been seized and that media articles have allegedly broken the law.

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  Jun 16, 2021
  
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• Hong Kong court finds 7 democrats guilty of unlawful assembly for 2019 protests

  Sentencing will come on April 16, with some legal experts expecting jail terms of 12-18 months, though the maximum possible sentence is 5 years.

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  Apr 1, 2021
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• Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai appeals bail denial

  Lai is one of many activists facing charges and possible jail terms under the sweeping National Security Law that was imposed on Hong Kong last year.

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  Feb 17, 2021
• Hong Kong denies bail to media tycoon Jimmy Lai in national security law case

  Lai, a prominent China critic, had been in custody since Dec. 3 except when he was released on bail for about a week late last year before the government won an appeal.

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  Feb 9, 2021
• Hong Kong media tycoon, China critic Jimmy Lai charged under national security law

  Lai was charged on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces, his Apple Daily newspaper reported on Friday, citing a police source.

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  Dec 11, 2020
• Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail after arrest on fraud charge

  While Lai's fraud charge did not fall under the national security law, it marks the latest crackdown on pro-democracy figures in the former British colony.

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  Dec 3, 2020
• Jimmy Lai relieved he wasn’t sent to China after arrest in Hong Kong

  Jimmy Lai, 71, said he was worried he could be sent to the mainland, where the legal system has fewer protections

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  Aug 13, 2020
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• Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai calls for ‘patient’ democracy fight after release

  Lai, who was arrested Monday under China's new security law, said pro-democracy activists had to play a long game.

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  Aug 13, 2020
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• Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily vows to ‘fight on’ after owner Jimmy Lai’s arrest

  Readers queued from the early hours to get copies of the pro-democracy tabloid a day after police raided its offices and took Lai into detention, the highest-profile arrest so far under China's national security law.

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  Aug 11, 2020