Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai

Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily speaks during an interview to response national security legislation in Hong Kong, China May 29, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in jail in national security trial

The sentence ends a legal saga spanning almost five years, and Hong Kong's most high-profile national security hearing. Lai, founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, was first...

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the American Business Forum Miami at the Kaseya Center Arena in Miami, Florida, US November 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump says has asked Xi to release Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai

Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the High Court on bail, in Hong Kong, China December 23, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong tycoon and democratic firebrand who stood up to China

Jimmy Lai arrives for a earlier court appearance at the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on 1 February 2021. File Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong court finds tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty in landmark security trial

Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 1, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Hong Kong court dismisses bid by media tycoon Jimmy Lai to overturn conviction

FILE PHOTO: Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed over five years on fraud charge

Armed police stand guard as they escort a prison van that is believed to carry media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, to the High Court in Hong Kong, China, December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Hong Kong court adjourns trial of tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai

Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Three Hong Kong democracy activists found guilty over June 4 assembly

Staff light their phone flashlights at the offices of Apple Daily and its publisher Next Digital, after the announcement it will print its last edition, in Hong Kong, China June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik

HK tycoon Jimmy Lai's Next Digital to stop operating from 1 July

Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

HK's Apple Daily owner Lai punished for exercising fundamental rights - UN's Bachelet

Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Pro-Beijing media in Hong Kong denounce 'traitor' Jimmy Lai

A supporter holds a copy of Apple Daily newspaper during a court hearing outside West Magistrates’ Courts, after police charge two executives of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper over the national security law, in Hong Kong, China, June 19, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik

The rise and fall of HK’s Apple Daily and media magnate Jimmy Lai

Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 14 months for 1 Oct assembly