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Jimmy Lai

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Jimmy Lai case tests red lines of UK-China relations

    British national’s supporters hope human rights will be prioritised over UK push for strong relationship with Beijing

    Jimmy Lai walks through the Stanley prison in Hong Kong
  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion in security trial

    Fierce critic of Beijing testifies for first time as he faces up to life in prison

    Jimmy Lai is seen wearing a face mask and being escorted by officials into a Hong Kong Correctional Services van outside the Court of Final Appeal.
  • Monday, 18 December, 2023
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai appears in court for landmark trial

    Heavy police presence deployed while members of public queued overnight in support

    Police officers stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts ahead of a hearing for former media mogul Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong on Monday
  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai set for landmark trial

    One of Chinese Communist party’s most outspoken critics faces prospect of life in prison

    Jimmy Lai
  • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong challenges own court with appeal to Beijing to block UK lawyer

    Intervention ‘flies in the face’ of city’s attempt to reclaim status as financial centre

    Jimmy Lai
  • Monday, 3 January, 2022
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong free press faces collapse as second news site announces closure

    Citizen News says decision triggered by arrest of journalists at Stand News

    Citizen News chief writer Chris Yeung
  • Monday, 13 December, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong media tycoon sentenced to 13 months in jail over Tiananmen vigil

    Prison terms for Jimmy Lai and seven activists mark tightening restrictions on free expression

    Jimmy Lai is escorted by correctional officers to a prison van before appearing in a court
  • Thursday, 30 September, 2021
    News in-depthHong Kong politics
    Hong Kong’s ‘loyal critic’ faces tough test as Beijing targets media

    Media mogul Yu Pun-hoi treads carefully between mollifying China and hanging on to readers

    People queue to buy copies of the Apple Daily newspaper’s final edition in Hong Kong’s Central district on June 24
  • Saturday, 26 June, 2021
    News in-depthApple Daily
    Apple Daily’s death leaves a shadow over free press in Hong Kong

    Boisterous newspaper was emblematic of city’s longstanding reputation for an open media

    Hong Kong residents queueing to buy copies of the final edition of Apple Daily
  • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
    Apple Daily
    Hong Kongers rush to buy final edition of Apple Daily newspaper

    Hundreds queue as pro-democracy tabloid prints 1m copies after being forced to shutter

    People queue to buy copies of the final edution of the Apple Daily newspaper
  • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
    Apple Daily
    Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily to shut down

    Newspaper renowned for challenging government to close after assets frozen and journalists arrested

    Customers queue to buy copies of Apple Daily in Hong Kong on June 18 2021
  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong police invoke security law to arrest senior journalists

    Executives of Jimmy Lai’s Apple Daily tabloid detained as hundreds of officers raid newsroom

    Officers lead away Ryan Law, chief editor of Apple Daily, a feisty tabloid known for its criticism of Hong Kong’s government
  • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
    Shares in Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong media group surge 330% as trading resumes

    Jailed pro-democracy tycoon had assets frozen under national security law

  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    Next Digital
    Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong media group in doubt after asset freeze

    Pro-democracy tycoon’s Next Digital halts trading after founder’s stake frozen under security law

  • Friday, 16 April, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders jailed for unauthorised assembly

    Group including media mogul Jimmy Lai and lawyer Martin Lee sentenced over 2019 protests

    Media mogul Jimmy Lai in handcuffs
  • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong court convicts veteran activists over 2019 protests

    Media mogul Jimmy Lai and ‘father of democracy’ Martin Lee among group of seven found guilty

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    British lawyer steps down from Hong Kong trial after intense UK pressure

    David Perry was called a ‘mercenary’ after agreeing to prosecute pro-democracy activists

  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai sent back to jail

    Pro-democracy activist’s bail rescinded days after Chinese state media slams his release

    Jimmy Lai, centre, arrives at Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal on Thursday. He faces charges of fraud and ‘colluding with foreign forces’ under Beijing’s sweeping national security law
  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai taken into custody

    Pro-democracy tycoon to be held until at least April after being denied bail over fraud charge

  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
    Lunch with the FT
    Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai: ‘At least we fought, we showed our dignity’

    Tycoon who angered Beijing talks about Hong Kong’s uncertain future, backing Trump and never giving in

  • Friday, 14 August, 2020
    Person in the News
    Jimmy Lai, the testy tycoon defying Beijing

    Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media magnate remains unbowed after his latest arrest

    Joe Cummings illustration of Person in the news Jimmy Lai
  • Wednesday, 12 August, 2020
    InterviewWorld4 min
    Arrest of outspoken media boss renews fears of Hong Kong clampdown

    Jimmy Lai talked to the FT about the city's national security law in an exclusive interview in April

  • Wednesday, 12 August, 2020
    Hong Kong politics
    Arrest of Hong Kong media mogul sparks fears of wider crackdown

    Outspoken publisher Jimmy Lai has long been a thorn in Beijing’s side

  • Monday, 10 August, 2020
    US-China relations
    China targets US officials in retaliation for HK sanctions

    Police in territory arrest media tycoon Jimmy Lai under new security law

    Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily publisher Next Digital, was arrested on suspicion of ‘collaborating with foreign forces’ on Monday
  • Monday, 10 August, 2020
    LexHong Kong politics
    Jimmy Lai/Hong Kong: buy orders on democracy Premium content

    Media tycoon’s arrest does not spell the end of Next Digital; it will stay in demand, like its shares

    Next Digital’s founder Jimmy Lai, centre, was arrested under the new national security law in Hong Kong on Monday
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