Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai will not appeal outcome in security case

Jimmy Lai's son and daughter warn he might die in prison, as his health is deteriorating after spending more than five years in solitary confinement

By Reuters

BREAKING: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai will not appeal nat. security conviction, 20-year jail term, lawyer says

Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai will not appeal against his national security conviction and 20-year jail term, his lawyer has said. Lai, 78, was sentenced to 20 years behind bars on February 9 – the longest jail term handed down so far under the national security law that Beijing imposed following the 2019 protests […]

By Hans Tse

Jimmy Lai will not appeal conviction, paving way for political neogtiations over release

Decision marks end of years-long legal saga for 78-year-old critic of Chinese Communist party Jimmy Lai, the prominent pro-democracy activist who was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong, has said he will not appeal his conviction. The decision marks the end of a years-long legal saga for the 78-year-old critic of the Chinese Communist party (CCP), and opens the door for political negotiations to his release. Continue reading...

By Amy Hawkins, in Beijing

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai will not appeal conviction, 20-year term, lawyer says

Hongkong : l'ex-magnat prodémocratie Jimmy Lai ne fera pas appel de sa condamnation

L’homme d’affaires et fondateur du journal prodémocratie Apple Daily, aujourd’hui fermé, a été reconnu coupable le 9 février de collusion avec l’étranger et publication séditieuse.