Former Apple Daily Editor Appeals National Security Sentence
A former editor of the now-defunct Apple Daily, Fung Wai-kong, has filed an appeal seeking a shorter sentence after being handed a 10-year prison term in a national security trial.
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Ex-Apple Daily executive first to appeal sentence in landmark Hong Kong trial
A former Apple Daily senior executive jailed for national security offences in Hong Kong has lodged an appeal against his 10-year term, the first in a landmark trial that saw the founder of the now-defunct tabloid-style newspaper sentenced to 20 years in prison. Court documents reviewed by the South China Morning Post on Tuesday showed that Fung Wai-kong, former managing editor of Apple Daily’s English edition, had filed his appeal with the city’s High Court on Monday. Fung was sentenced to 1...
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Read full article →Ex-Apple Daily editor files appeal for sentence cut in national security case
A former Apple Daily editor who was sentenced to 10 years in prison last month in a national security trial alongside his former boss, Jimmy Lai, has filed an appeal seeking a shorter sentence. Fung Wai-kong, former editorial writer and editor-in-chief of Apple Daily’s English news section, filed his appeal on Monday, local media reported, […]
By James Lee
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