Former Apple Daily Editor Appeals 10-Year Sentence in Hong Kong
Lam Man-chung, a former top editor of Hong Kong’s now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, has filed an appeal against his 10-year prison sentence in a high-profile national security case.
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Former Apple Daily executive editor appeals 10-year sentence in Hong Kong
The former executive editor-in-chief of Hong Kong’s defunct Apple Daily newspaper, founded by Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, has lodged an appeal against his 10-year sentence imposed under the national security law. Lam Man-chung’s lawyer filed the application at the Court of Appeal on Friday, ahead of the statutory 28-day deadline for criminal appeals expiring on Monday. The 56-year-old is the second defendant to seek a reduced sentence after Fung Wai-kong, 62, managing editor of Apple Daily’s English...
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A former top editor of Hong Kong’s now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper has filed an appeal against his 10-year jail term in a high-profile national security case which saw media mogul Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years. A High Court document showed on Monday that Lam Man-chung, ex-executive editor-in-chief at the tabloid, had lodged an appeal […]
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