A Hong Kong appeal court on Monday blocked jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai‘s bid to challenge in the city’s highest court a warrant obtained by national security police to scrutinise the contents of his mobile phones. Lai, 75, is the founder of the now shut pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and is due to face trial … Read more
The offense was created by a new national security law imposed on the city by Beijing last month. Lai’s business partner Mark Simon said the tycoon was arrested early Monday. By Monday afternoon, Hong Kong police had arrested at least nine people, aged 23 to 72, on suspicion of collusion with foreign forces to endanger … Read more
Jimmy Lai was arrested early Monday, according to his business partner Mark Simon. Apple Daily, a pro-democracy tabloid owned by Lai, reported that the tycoon’s son had already been detained. The Hong Kong Police Force said in a statement Monday that seven people aged between 39 and 72 were arrested on charges, including collusion and … Read more
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai and raided the publisher’s headquarters Monday in the highest-profile use yet of the new national security law Beijing imposed on the city after protests last year. “Jimmy Lai is being arrested for collusion with foreign powers at this time,” Mark Simon wrote on Twitter. Hong … Read more