China’s crackdown on opposition figures intensified yesterday when Jimmy Lai, the owner of the only mainstream Hong Kong newspaper that supports the democracy movement, appeared in court to face ... ( read original story ...)
UK Calls on Hong Kong to Stop Targeting Tycoon Jimmy Lai
Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily, walks to a prison van to head to court, after being charged under the national security law, in Hong Kong, China December 12, 2020. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: public housing block cluster grows, as city registers 82 new Covid-19 cases including 37 of unknown origin
A cluster of Covid-19 cases in a public housing block grew on Monday, prompting the Hong Kong government to evacuate some residents for quarantine and place everyone linked to that building under a ... ( read original story ...)
PCC, Hong Kong antitrust body sign collaboration deal
THE Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) said it signed Monday a memorandum of understanding with its Hong Kong counterpart covering staff exchanges, research collaboration, capacity-building ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong doctor’s manslaughter conviction for beauty treatment death sends chilling signal
The recent conviction of a young doctor of manslaughter by gross negligence should send a chill through the medical profession in Hong Kong ("Hong Kong doctor guilty of manslaughter after beauty ... ( read original story ...)
Donations to Hong Kong activist groups, opposition scrutinised as police freeze bank accounts, allege money-laundering activities
Veteran activist Lee Cheuk-yan used to receive donations regularly via bank transfers for his group, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. Recently, however, ... ( read original story ...)
Why Jimmy Lai and Hong Kong’s democracy advocates need Biden’s public support right now
One of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy advocates, 72-year-old clothing and media mogul Jimmy Lai, was charged Friday under an oppressive security law imposed by China earlier this year. He is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: 95 new Covid-19 cases confirmed as housing estate clusters grow
Hong Kong confirmed 95 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday and reported the coronavirus-related death of a 42-year-old woman, as clusters at two public housing blocks continued to grow while another may have ... ( read original story ...)
Dismayed transport experts, district councillors, residents urge Hong Kong government to rethink decision to scrap Kai Tak elevated monorail project
A transport professionals' group wants the Hong Kong government to rethink its decision to scrap a proposal for a HK$12 billion (US$1.55 billion) elevated rail link cutting across the heart of Kowloon ... ( read original story ...)
The world is shamefully silent on the plight of Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, the pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai looks to be facing a long prison sentence for allegedly breaking the territory’s new national security law. Mr Lai, who is in his seventies, is ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Charged Under National Security Law
Hong Kong democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city's national security law on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security, local ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Democracy Activist Jimmy Lai Denied Bail
The media mogul and prominent critic of China's ruling Communist Party remains in prison after his arrest for allegedly violating a controversial new national security law. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai denied bail
The 72-year-old media tycoon was charged under China’s draconian new security law on Friday ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai used tabloid and Twitter to push for illegal sanctions against local and Chinese authorities, prosecutors say
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying used his Apple Daily tabloid and his Twitter account to call for sanctions against local and mainland Chinese authorities, according to a document ... ( read original story ...)