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HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court sentenced a pro-democracy media tycoon to five years and nine months in prison on Saturday over two fraud charges linked to lease violations, the latest of a series of cases against prominent activists that critics say are aimed at crushing dissent in the city.

Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of the now-dissolved Next Digital Media Group, was convicted of fraud and sentenced to ...

Lai faces up to a life sentence if convicted under a sweeping National Security Law

Jimmy Lai case demonstrates rot at the heart of the system

The authorities in Hong Kong should immediately drop the baseless charges against Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy media tycoon, and unconditionally release him and his six co-defendants.

Chinese Communist Party critic Jimmy Lai will not stand trial for national security charges until September of 2023 due to ongoing challenges with his British lawyer's visa.

Hong Kong media magnate and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to five years and nine months imprisonment on December 10 for breaching the former news publication’s lease agreement. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the ongoing legal harassment of Jimmy Lai and former Apple Daily staff and urges the Hong Kong and Chinese authorities to overturn the conviction immediately.

The railroading of Apple Daily publisher Jimmy Lai shows you can't expect justice in Hong Kong, writes Alex Frew McMillan, who says the publisher of Hong Kong's biggest tabloid was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for violating a lease, much like Al Capone was sentenced for tax evasion.

"If you cant say anything anyway, then you might as well locate in mainland China.”

HONG KONG – Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Saturday (Dec 10) to five years and nine months in prison for fraud, convicted of violating a lease contract for the headquarters of a liberal newspaper he used to run. Lai, 75, was found guilty of two counts of fraud for covering up the operations of a private...