HK's Catholic media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted of fraud
The founder of now-defunct pro-democracy Apple Daily faces a series of charges for his support of democracy in Hong Kong
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The founder of now-defunct pro-democracy Apple Daily faces a series of charges for his support of democracy in Hong Kong
Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying is set to spend more time behind bars after he was found guilty of defrauding a government-owned enterprise over the unauthorised operation of a consultancy firm at the offices of his now-defunct Apple Daily tabloid-style newspaper. A District Court judge on Tuesday (Oct 25) convicted Lai and a former Next Digital executive...
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 74, was accused of covering up operations of Dico Consultants at Apple Daily’s headquarters in breach of its land lease conditions.
HONG KONG (AP) -- Pro-democracy Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai was found guilty Tuesday on two fraud charges related to violations of lease agreements,
Lai, former publisher of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, has been targeted in a series of prosecutions apparently aimed at punishing him for his past activism.