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HONG KONG - Shares in the parent company of Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper quadrupled on Thursday as trading in them resumed following an eight day suspension.

On Thursday, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, a media tycoon famous for his role in the 2019 riots in Hong Kong, was sentenced by a local court in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to 14 more months in prison for organizing and knowingly participating in an illegal assembly in 2019. Nine of his fellow received their sentences with Lai.

Hong Kong security chief has warned bankers for jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai that dealing with his frozen bank accounts will make them liable for imprisonmen

According to letters seen by Bloomberg News, HSBC and Citi will "impose a fine and a seven-year prison sentence" for violating the directive.Hong Kong

HONG KONG: Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai was given a new prison sentence of 14 months on Friday (May 28) over his ...

Lai, who is already behind bars for taking part in earlier protests, must now serve a total of 20 months after pleading guilty to organising an unlawful assembly on October 1, 2019.

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai is expected to receive a new prison sentence over his role in an unauthorised assembly on Oct. 1, 2019, during one of the city's pro-democracy rallies that year. This month, Lai, who is serving a 14-month sentence for participating in similar demonstrations on Aug. 18 and Aug. 31, 2019, and nine other activists, pleaded guilty in District Court to organising an unauthorised assembly. Lai's repeated arrests have drawn criticis...

HONG KONG - Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai was sentenced to a further 14 months in prison on Friday (May 28) for organising an unauthorised assembly on Oct 1, 2019, during one of the city's pro-democracy rallies that year. Judge Amanda Woodcock delivered the sentence in the District Court. This month, Lai, who is serving...

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai is already serving time for taking part in other demonstrations in 2019.

HSBC and Citi bankers ignoring the directive could see seven years in jail, according to Bloomberg News.