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Hong Kong Tycoon Lai’s Lawyers Target China Diplomatic Deal
The international legal team for Hong Kong ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai is urging the US and UK to strike a deal for his release, as the septuagenarian’s trial under a Beijing-imposed security law enters its eleventh hour.
Son of jailed Hong Kong journalist Jimmy Lai rallies U.S. support in fight for his release
A group of U.S. lawmakers came together in a show of bipartisan support to call for the release of Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai. Lai, who owned the newspaper Apple Daily, is one of the hundreds of democracy activists,
Son of imprisoned Jimmy Lai pleads with Canada to put pressure on Hong Kong to show mercy
But instead of fleeing the enclave when Beijing imposed a widely criticized national security law (NSL), arrested pro-democracy politicians and otherwise clamped down on free-wheeling Hong Kong, the elder Lai decided to stay.
US lawmakers call on China to free Hong Kong Catholic, democracy advocate Jimmy Lai
A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers gathered Sept. 18 to call for the immediate release from prison of prominent Hong Kong Catholic, philanthropist and media mogul Jimmy Lai, who is facing a trial on what they called bogus charges.
Jimmy Lai’s former collaborators in Hong Kong slam BDO for complicity in abuses and violations
Mark Clifford and Gordon Crovitz, senior officials at Next Digital, filed a complaint against the global accounting firm. They allege BDO enabled rights violations by providing essential services to H
Hong Kong government hits out at UK lawyers for Jimmy Lai over UN appeal
Hong Kong authorities have accused the international legal representatives of former media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and his son of defaming the city’s judicial system by appealing to the United Nations over the activist’s “prolonged detention in solitary confinement”.
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai’s lawyers target China diplomatic deal
The international legal team for Hong Kong ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai is urging the US and UK to strike a deal for his release, as the septuagenarian’s trial under a Beijing-imposed security law enters its eleventh hour.
The Man Who Is Hong Kong
The city’s public face is no longer a dynamic entrepreneur but a dour ex-policeman.
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Nancy Pelosi calls Jimmy Lai ‘hero,’ as US lawmakers vow to keep calling for release of detained Hong Kong tycoon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin, calling Jimmy Lai a symbol of the “vibrant, free community” that Hong ...
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Executives at Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong media firm challenge accountants BDO over company’s liquidation
Two Western media executives with long experience in Hong Kong have accused global accounting firm BDO of breaking ...
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Exclusive: Execs of Jimmy Lai's Hong Kong media firm mount legal challenge against BDO
"The prosecution of Jimmy Lai and the forced closure of Apple Daily are a sad sign of what has happened in Hong Kong, both in terms of the decline of the free press... and invoking powers to ...
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US lawmakers call on China to free Jimmy Lai
A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers gathered Sept. 18 to call for the immediate release from prison of prominent ...
Hong Kong Democracy Tycoon's Son Warns Time Running Out
US lawmakers on Wednesday vowed to keep up pressure to free Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, whose son warned ...