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Apple Daily newspaper founder Jimmy Lai is also facing a flurry of other cases. - AFP HONG KONG (Bloomberg): Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, veteran activist Albert Ho and eight others will plead guilty in a protest-related trial beginning on Monday (May 17), as authorities in the Asian financial hub continue to prosecute prominent pro-democracy figures. Lai, Ho and the other activists will plead guilty to organising and attending an unauthorised assembly to mark China’s national day on Oct...

Use of security law’s powers for the first time to target a listed company could have repercussions for investors.

Hong Kong freezes assets of media tycoon Lai under security law A - Hong Kong authorities on Friday froze assets belonging to jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, including all shares in his company, Next Digital - the first time a listed firm has been targeted by national security laws in the financial hub. Also among assets targeted were the local bank accounts of three companies owned by him, Hong Kongs Secretary for Security John Lee said in a government statement. All Access Plan

Hong Kong freezes listed shares of media tycoon Lai under security law Reuters | May 14, 2021 11:33 PM EDT Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China (Photo : REUTERS/Tyrone Siu) Hong Kong authorities on Friday froze assets belonging to jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, including all shares in his company, Next Digital - the first time a listed firm has been targeted by national security laws in the financial hub. Also among a...

HONG KONG—Hong Kong authorities on Friday froze assets belonging to jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, including all shares ...

Hong Kong is to freeze the assets of media tycoon and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai (黎智英) under the Beijing-imposed National Security Law, the latest move to crack down one of the territory’s prominent opposition figures. Hong Kong Secretary for Security John Lee (李家超) issued notices to freeze all shares of Next Digital Ltd (壹傳媒) held by Lai, as well as local bank accounts of three companies owned by him, the Hong Kong government said in statement on Friday. Lai, 73, resigned...

Hong Kong freezes listed shares of media tycoon Lai under security law FILE PHOTO: Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily arrives at West Kowloon Courts in Hong Kong, China October 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu reuters_tickers This content was published on May 14, 2021 - 15:31 May 14, 2021 - 15:31 By Twinnie Siu and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong authorities on Friday froze assets belonging to jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, including all shares in his company, Next D...

Hong Kong will freeze the assets of media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai under its controversial national security law, the latest move to crack down one of the city’s prominent opposition figures.

news Beijing’s double speak: Why China owes the United Nations more than mere lip service By William Nee News from Hong Kong on Monday again drew attention to the alarming deterioration of human rights there – and gave the international community a masterclass in the Chinese government’s insidious “double speak.” In one breath, the United Nations is implicitly viewed as a potentially harmful foreign force with a negative impact on Hong Kong’s stability. In the next breath, the Unite...

The national security law not only carries sentences of up to life in prison, it also gives China jurisdiction to prosecute in mainland China violations of the law that took place in Hong Kong. It is now doing just that with 12 Hong Kong activists who