A jailed Malaysian anaesthesiologist in Hong Kong has filed an appeal against his conviction of murdering his wife and teenage daughter with a yoga ball filled with lethal gas in 2015, marking yet another attempt to clear his name. Former university professor Khaw Kim Sun, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, filed the application on…
Sam Altman wants to use Elon Musk’s OpenAI takeover bid against him in court. Altman asked the judge in the tech bros’ yearlong court battle to look at the bid letter. Altman said it shows Musk is contradicting himself when he fights OpenAI’s efforts to go for-profit. Sam Altman, in a court filing late Wednesday,…
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has defended the publication of an opinion piece that discussed US sanctions against a former chief executive in his now-defunct tabloid newspaper after the enactment of the national security law, saying the piece was not advocating penalties. Prosecutors grilled Lai on Wednesday about the piece headlined “Will…
A defendant accused of trying to help the ex-husband of slain model Abby Choi Tin-fung flee Hong Kong has said she was told to arrange a yacht “as soon as possible” and at any cost, with a fee of HK$300,000 (US$38,500) being quoted at one point. But Irene Pun Hau-yin denied in Kowloon City Court…
A defendant accused of trying to help the ex-husband of slain model Abby Choi Tin-fung flee Hong Kong has said she was told to arrange a yacht “as soon as possible” and at any cost, with a fee of HK$300,000 (US$38,500) being quoted at one point. But Irene Pun Hau-yin denied in Kowloon City Court…
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has defended the publication of an opinion piece that discussed US sanctions against a former chief executive in his now-defunct tabloid newspaper after the enactment of the national security law, saying the piece was not advocating penalties. Prosecutors grilled Lai on Wednesday about the piece headlined “Will…
HONG KONG — A heated exchange erupted Tuesday in the marathon national security trial of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying over whether he is a “political prisoner.” Lai described himself this way as the prosecution sifted through internal WhatsApp exchanges among executives of Apple Daily, the now-defunct pro-democracy news outlet he founded. As the 77-year-old…
The ex-husband of slain model Abby Choi Tin-fung was told to flee Hong Kong under the guise of holding a junk party in the middle of the sea, before being picked up by another boat, prosecutors revealed in a hearing for two suspects accused of helping him. Prosecutors also shared video recordings on Monday that…
The ex-husband of slain model Abby Choi Tin-fung was told to flee Hong Kong under the guise of holding a junk party in the middle of the sea, before being picked up by another boat, prosecutors revealed in a hearing for two suspects accused of helping him. Prosecutors also shared video recordings on Monday that…
A Hong Kong court has scheduled a hearing in mid-July for 14 jailed opposition activists who have lodged appeals against their convictions and sentences in a landmark national security case over an unofficial legislative “primary” election. The judiciary’s website on Sunday said the Court of Appeal’s hearing would start on July 14 and last for…