China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong has condemned Washington’s “erroneous remarks” calling for the unconditional release of former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, who has been detained for 1,500 days. The US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor said in a social media post on Saturday that Lai had been behind bars…
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has denied knowing about a group formed by mostly Western lawmakers considering taking action against mainland China, despite his text exchanges with its creator and covering its launch in his Apple Daily tabloid newspaper. Deputy Director of Prosecutions Anthony Chau Tin-hang accused Lai in West Kowloon Court…
Jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai has denied concealing a plan to meet American officials in mid-2020 when he applied to the court to lift a travel ban at that time, as prosecutors raised questions about his credibility during his high-profile national security trial. Jimmy Lai in 2020. Photo: HKFP. Lai, 77, told the court on…
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying paid more than HK$13 million (US$1.93 million) to two former United States officials for their consultancy services for the Taiwanese government, a court heard on Friday. Lai also said he had unknowingly paid NT$5.8 million (US$176,000) to a top aide of then Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen over…
Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying returns to the witness box in Hong Kong on Tuesday to explain his communications with associates and friends after the Beijing-imposed national security law came into effect on June 30, 2020, as his testimony enters its fourth week. The 77-year-old has pleaded not guilty to two charges of conspiring…
Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has said he abandoned his “fight for freedom” after Hong Kong adopted the national security law in 2020, as the city was “beyond redemption” while maintaining he had not done anything illegal in resisting the legislation and lobbying for sanctions. Lai said on Wednesday he would not deliberately violate…
Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has said he abandoned his “fight for freedom” after Hong Kong adopted the national security law in 2020, as the city was “beyond redemption” while maintaining he had not done anything illegal in resisting the legislation and lobbying for sanctions. Lai said on Wednesday he would not deliberately violate…
Jimmy Lai, the self-made billionaire and founder of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, is on trial under the city’s National Security Law. The trial has been agonizingly slow – it began on December 18, 2023 – but Lai has been in prison even longer. December 31 will mark four full years in continuous detention. Lai has…
Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has said he opposed Washington’s decision to end Hong Kong’s preferential trade treatment after the national security law was adopted in 2020 as the US’ move would make the city more vulnerable to mainland Chinese “interference”. Lai told his high-profile national security trial on Tuesday that he had hoped…
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has sought to explain his past statements on the national security law expressed in articles and interviews with foreign media outlets before the legislation took effect, as he returned to court on Tuesday for a ninth day of verbal testimony in his high-profile trial. Lai, 77, has…