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Jimmy Lai hit with new national security charge 2021-04-16 HKT 16:03 Share this story Jimmy Lai is the most high-profile person charged under the national security law. File photo: AFP Prosecutors have pressed two additional charges against pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, including another one under the national security law. As well as the earlier charge of colluding with foreign powers, Lai is now also accused of conspiring with his former assistant Mark Simon, national security suspect Andy Li and others to collude with foreign powers between July 2020 and February 202...

Mass Prosecutions Send Chills Across Hong Kong’s Political Spectrum A quick look at the diverse factions involved in the 2020 primary elections belies Beijing’s claim that there was a unified conspiracy toward subversion. By April 17, 2021 Former law professor Benny Tai, right, poses for photographers before walking in a police station in Hong Kong Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. Credit: AP Photo Advertisement If you believe the Chinese government, Benny Tai is a mastermind and the principal offender, guilty of conspiring to subvert Chinese state power. He had a rebelli...

Photo: RFA A court in Hong Kong on Friday handed down sentences to several prominent pro-democracy figures including media mogul Jimmy Lai, international barrister Margaret Ng, and Democratic Party founder Martin Lee, while prosecutors brought two additional charges under the national security law against Lai. Lai, 72, and veteran trade unionist Lee Cheuk-yan, 64, were jailed for 12 months under the Public Order Ordinance (POO) after the court found them guilty of taking part in an "illegal assembly" on Aug. 18, 2019. Veteran rights campaigner and former opposition lawmaker Leun...

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai gets one year in jail 2 minutes read Hong Kong, Apr 16 (EFE).- Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was Friday given a year in prison for organizing an unauthorized march during a wave of anti-government protests in the city two years ago. Judge Amanda Jane Woodcock of the West Kowloon Court also sent former legislator Leung Kwok-hung to jail for 18 months and vice chairman of the Labor Party Lee Cheuk-yan for one year. The court also gave jail terms between eight to 12 months to six other pro-democracy activists. But the judge decided to suspend the sentence for ...

So those people created secret underground tunnels, which allowed Chinese immigrants to walk safely at night to and from work. "What we're seeing on TV, what we're seeing on the news is very disturbing," Thorpe said, who is bringing Antioch's dark history to light following the recent string of attacks against members of the AAPI community. Thorpe plans to launch a series of proposals aimed at making amends - including an official apology from the city for terrorizing Chinese immigrants more than a century ago. The mayor also wants people to know about Antioch's historic Chinatown district by...