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HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in a landmark trial, where he is accused of endangering China's national security, as ...
Prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to three charges of sedition and collusion with foreign countries in a landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. Lai ...
Lai has pleaded not guilty to two charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and a charge of conspiracy to publish seditious mat. Lai was first arrested, under the national security law ...
Following the news of Jimmy Lai arrested spread in the city, the stock of Next Digital was volatile as pledge to buy the stock emerged at the online forums. The stock plunged more than 15% after Lai arrested, but then surged nearly 280% in the afternoon, [ 43 ] becoming the stock with the best performance in the day. [ 44 ]
Lai Chee-ying (Chinese: 黎智英; born 8 December 1947 [4]), also known as Jimmy Lai, is a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He founded Giordano , an Asian clothing retailer, Next Digital (formerly Next Media), a Hong Kong-listed media company, and the popular newspaper Apple Daily .
The case of the Hong Kong businessman and British national was raised during Foreign Office questions.
[10] [11] On February 9, 2024, she pled not guilty to the charge. [12] On May 31, 2024, 24-year-old Jon Hansen, of Shorewood, was arrested on three counts of murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm.
"Jimmy Lai is the main planner and participant in the anti-China and anti-Hong Kong incident, and is the agent and proxy of the anti-China forces," Lin Jian, told reporters in relation to Lai's trial.