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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.
Lai Chee Ying was an appeal involving points of law by the Department of Justice over the decision of the Court of First Instance (CFI) to grant bail to the founder of Apple Daily Jimmy Lai. The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) reversed the CFI's interpretation of art.42(2) of the Hong Kong national security law .
Secretary-general Christophe Deloire of Reporters Without Borders protested Hong Kong Police's decision to arrest Jimmy Lai, stating the charge of colluding foreign forces on Lai was an attempt to outlaw the symbol of press freedom, and urged the Hong Kong Government to drop all charges and immediately release the arrested.
A Hong Kong court on Friday rejected a bid by prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai to throw out a sedition charge against him, delivering the ruling on the third day of his landmark national ...
Jimmy Lai was the chief of the now-defunct Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily. Now 77, he's facing a life sentence in a national security trial in Hong Kong. He was arrested in August 2020 after the ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) -A Hong Kong court dismissed on Thursday a bid by the legal team for jailed democrat Jimmy Lai to end his national security trial, saying prosecutors appeared to have ...
Lai, 76, was arrested in August 2020 during a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement following massive protests in 2019. Hong Kong court begins Day 2 of activist publisher Jimmy Lai's ...
The neon sign was created by Melbourne neon artist Steven Cole and includes an unchained outline of Jimmy Lai before it animates to Jimmy Lai in chains. The neon sign was exhibited outdoors at Sydney Town Hall, Australia on 14,16,28,29,30 September, 1,7,13 October and 18 December 2023.