Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai wins appeal against lesser conviction

The 78-year-old Lai, however, remains detained for a separate national security case.

Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction overturned by Hong Kong court in rare legal win for activist

Appellate court quashes convictions linked to lease violations but Lai may still spend rest of his life in prison A Hong Kong appellate court on Thursday overturned fraud convictions against the media mogul Jimmy Lai, a rare victory in the prominent pro-democracy activist’s legal battles. Lai, 78, an outspoken critic of China’s ruling Communist party who founded the now defunct Apple Daily, will stay in prison because weeks ago he was sentenced to 20 years after being convicted in another cas...

By Guardian staff and agencies

Hong Kong appeals court overturns Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction

Surprise ruling comes weeks after the media mogul was convicted and jailed for 20 years on national security charges.

Ex-media boss Jimmy Lai wins appeal over fraud conviction

A Hong Kong appellate court has quashed Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s fraud conviction for operating a consultancy office from his now-defunct tabloid-style newspaper, Apple Daily, finding that the prosecution failed to prove the jailed former media boss had made a “false representation”. In a judgment delivered on Thursday, the Court of Appeal ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove that Lai and another executive at Apple Daily had committed the actus reus, or the criminal act, and that the...

By Connor Mycroft

Hong Kong court overturns China critic Jimmy Lai's fraud conviction in rare victory

Lai will still remain imprisoned for 20 years in a separate national security case.

Hong Kong's Court of Appeal overturns tycoon Jimmy Lai's fraud conviction and sentencing

Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal overturns tycoon Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction and sentencing

Lai was sentenced in December 2022 to 5 years and 9 months in jail after being found guilty of breaching the lease terms of Apple Daily’s headquarters by concealing the operation of a private company, Dico Consultants Limited, in the building

By Reuters

BREAKING: Hong Kong court quashes Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction over Apple Daily HQ lease violation

A Hong Kong appeals court has overturned pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai‘s fraud conviction relating to an alleged lease violation at the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper headquarters. His jail term stemming from the case was quashed, though Lai will still remain behind bars, serving 20 years in jail under a separate national security conviction. The […]

By Hans Tse