Eight pro-democracy activists were sentenced to prison for up to 14 months over their involvement in a vigil last year that honored those who were killed in 1989 during the Tiananmen Square crackdown ... ( read original story ...)
China Reports Omicron Case; Hong Kong Travel Rules: Virus Update
China reported its first omicron case, while Hong Kong issued quarantine-free rules for limited business travel to the mainland. Cases jumped in Australia’s most-populous state, and the Asian ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced over banned Tiananmen vigil
Lai and seven other democracy campaigners handed prison sentences for commemorating victims of massacre ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai gets 13 months in jail for Tiananmen Square vigil
A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced businessman and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai to more than a year in prison for participating in a banned vigil last year to commemorate the Tiananmen Square ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong activists get up to 14 months in prison over banned Tiananmen vigil
If commemorating victims of Beijing's 1989 crackdown is a crime, then "let me suffer the punishment," activist Jimmy Lai said before the sentencing. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tycoon given 13 months jail for Tiananmen vigil
A Hong Kong court has sentenced activist and business tycoon Jimmy Lai to 13 months in jail for urging participation in last year’s banned Tiananmen vigil ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Court Sentences Jimmy Lai to Prison Over Tiananmen Vigil
The former media mogul and other prominent pro-democracy activists were previously convicted of inciting others to take part in an unauthorized assembly. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai and 7 others sentenced to prison over banned Tiananmen vigil
A Hong Kong court has sentenced media tycoon Jimmy Lai and seven other pro-democracy figures to up to 14 months behind bars for participating in an unauthorized assembly last year to commemorate the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Media tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 13 months jail for Tiananmen vigil
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 13 months in jail for participating in a vigil marking the Tiananmen massacre. The 74-year-old was found guilty last week for inciting and taking ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong authorities seize HK$130 million worth of illegal cigarettes and arrest 3 in biggest bust for 20 years
Customs' seizure of 405 million cigarettes this year, worth HK$1.1 billion in total, is double the 2020 figure Officials have stepped up operations over festive period to target cigarette smugglers ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong school faces backlash after children shown graphic footage of Nanjing massacre
City’s education board seeks to distance itself from incident in which young students at one school watched video of corpses and executions ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong elections: experts over populists? Why some candidates in Legislative Council race are not on social media
Some of the 153 candidates in Hong Kong’s coming Legislative Council election are giving social media a miss in their campaigns, with a week to the poll. One in six hopefuls have either no social ... ( read original story ...)
China’s SenseTime postpones $767 million Hong Kong IPO after U.S. ban
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime Group postponed its $767 million Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) on Monday after being placed on a U.S. investment blacklist. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai defiant over Tiananmen vigil sentencing
Jailed Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai said he was willing to "suffer the penalty" on Monday (Dec 13) as a court prepared to sentence him and a group of democracy activists for attending a banned Tiananmen ... ( read original story ...)