appeal against sentence – Charm

The 56-year-old is the second defendant to seek a reduced sentence after Fung Wai-kong, managing editor of Apple Daily’s English edition, submitted a similar application last week. Photo: Sam Tsang

Former Apple Daily executive editor appeals 10-year sentence in Hong Kong

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The former executive editor-in-chief of Hong Kong’s defunct Apple Daily newspaper, founded by Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, has lodged an appeal against his 10-year sentence imposed under the national security law. Lam Man-chung’s lawyer filed the application at the Court of Appeal on Friday, ahead of the statutory 28-day deadline for criminal appeals expiring on Monday….