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PNP maintains regularity of operations in Hacienda Tinang

Prosecutors want another tool to charge people with rioting or joining an illegal assembly even if they were not physically present, such as sponsors or masterminds, but the top justices have pushed back.

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 criticism from Western governments and international rights groups, who raised concerns over waning freedoms...

Next Digital Ltd shares were suspended on Monday after authorities froze assets of its jailed owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law in Hong Kong, while the tycoon pleaded guilty to taking part in an illegal protest in October 2019. The shares will remain on a trading halt ahead of a company announcement regarding the freeze in Lai's assets, including his majority stake in the pro-democracy media publisher, Next Digital said. The move against Lai's assets has raised worries about the future of Next Digital, which he has been keeping afloat with loans, although the compan...

CHINA / POLITICS By Cui Fandi Published: Apr 01, 2021 06:58 PM Jimmy Lai Photo: VCGJimmy Lai Chee-ying, Hong Kong's media tycoon and a notorious anti-government figure, together with six former lawmakers were found guilty of organizing and attending an unauthorized assembly in 2019.  The verdict shows the independence of the Hong Kong judiciary in being able to withstand pressure to make the right decision based on laws, and that major forces in Hong Kong are coming together to secure the region's stability instead of bowing to foreign intimidation and interference, observers said. Lai wa...