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){.newspack_global_ad.global_below_header{min-height: 90px;}}</style> <div class='newspack_global_ad global_below_header fixed-height'> <div id='div-gpt-ad-14e14e86b3-0'></div> </div> <div id="content" class="site-content"> <section id="primary" class="content-area "> <main id="main" class="site-main"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title "> Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai trial </h1> </header> <div class="main-content"> <article id="post-467461" class="post-467461 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry entry"> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:44.45%"><p><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2020/09/08/even-with-handcuffs-i-feel-at-peace-pro-democracy-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-says-apple-daily-wont-change-but-no-more-protest-activism/">Jimmy Lai</a>, founder of Hong Kong’s defunct <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/tag/apple-daily/">Apple Daily newspaper</a> and a high-profile supporter of the city’s <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/anti-extradition-movement/">pro-democracy movement</a>, has been accused of violating the <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/hong-kong-national-security-law/">Beijing-imposed national security law</a>. If convicted, he faces life in prison.</p> <p><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/18/national-security-trial-against-hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-begins-amid-heavy-police-presence/">The 77-year-old is on trial</a> for two counts of taking part in a “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces” under the security legislation, and also for conspiring to publish “seditious” materials <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2022/07/30/explainer-hong-kongs-sedition-law-a-colonial-relic-revived-after-half-a-century/">under a colonial-era law</a>. The self-made millionaire’s media outlet, <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2021/06/24/in-pictures-thank-you-hongkongers-apple-dailys-printing-presses-come-to-a-halt-after-26-years/">which was forced to close in June 2021</a> after senior staff were arrested, faces the same charges. Apple Daily’s newsroom was raided twice, and its assets were frozen.</p> <p>The trial was originally slated to begin in December 2022 <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/18/national-security-trial-of-hong-kong-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-to-be-delayed-again-to-december/">but was postponed</a> following government attempts to prevent Lai from hiring a top <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/tag/timothy-owen/">British lawyer, Timothy Owen</a>. Lai also holds UK citizenship. Owen was effectively barred from representing Lai after Beijing, at Hong Kong’s invitation, issued the <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2022/11/28/breaking-hong-kong-asks-beijing-to-intervene-after-top-court-blocks-bid-to-stop-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-from-hiring-uk-lawyer/">first interpretation of the national security law</a>, confirming that the power to bar foreign lawyers from such cases lay with the city’s leader and a powerful national security committee.</p> <p>When <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/18/national-security-trial-against-hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-begins-amid-heavy-police-presence/">Lai’s trial began on December 18, 2023</a>, he had already spent more than 1,000 days in custody after having had his bail revoked in December 2020. Three judges – handpicked by Hong Kong’s chief executive to hear national security cases – are presiding over Lai’s trial in the place of a jury, marking a departure from the city’s common law traditions.</p> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-2 is-3 is-uncropped show-caption has-text-align-left" style="" > <style id="newspack-blocks-inline-css" type="text/css">.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .entry-title{font-size: 1.2em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .entry-meta{display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;margin-top: 0.5em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .entry-meta{font-size: 0.8em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .avatar{height: 25px;width: 25px;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail{margin: 0;margin-bottom: 0.25em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail img{height: auto;width: 100%;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail figcaption{margin-bottom: 0.5em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles p{margin: 0.5em 0;}.wpnbha.ts-2 .entry-title{font-size: 0.9em}.wpnbha.ts-2 article .newspack-post-subtitle,.wpnbha.ts-2 article .entry-wrapper p,.wpnbha.ts-2 article .entry-wrapper .more-link,.wpnbha.ts-2 article .entry-meta{font-size: 0.8em;}.wpnbha.ts-3 .entry-title{font-size: 1em}.wpnbha.ts-3 article .newspack-post-subtitle,.wpnbha.ts-3 article .entry-wrapper p,.wpnbha.ts-3 article .entry-wrapper .more-link,.wpnbha.ts-3 article .entry-meta{font-size: 0.8em;}.newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block{margin-top: 0.3em;margin-bottom: 0;line-height: 1.4;font-style: italic;}</style> <div data-posts data-current-post-id="467461"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span>latest jimmy lai news</span> </h2> <article data-post-id="506589" class="tag-apple-daily tag-jimmy-lai tag-national-security tag-next-digital tag-next-digital-limited tag-press-freedom tag-tam-tak-chi category-hong-kong category-law-crime category-politics-protest type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/07/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-trial-scheduled-to-hear-closing-arguments-in-late-july/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-5.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image" alt="Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai trial scheduled to hear closing arguments in late July" data-hero-candidate="1" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-5.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-5-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-5-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-5-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-5-800x450.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/07/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-trial-scheduled-to-hear-closing-arguments-in-late-july/" rel="bookmark">Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai trial scheduled to hear closing arguments in late July</a></h3> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> Three judges presiding over Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s high-profile national security trial tentatively set July 28 for both parties to begin their closing arguments. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/"><img alt="Hans Tse" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='48'%20height='48'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="avatar avatar-48 photo perfmatters-lazy" height="48" width="48" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-96x96.jpg 2x" /><noscript><img alt='Hans Tse' src='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg' srcset='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' /></noscript></a> <span class="byline"> <span 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mogul Jimmy Lai wraps up testimony at nat. security trial after 52 days in witness box</a></h3> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai’s testimony began last November with his lawyer Steven Kwan questioning him, followed by the prosecution’s cross-examination in January. After the prosecution finished their questioning earlier this week, Kwan began his re-examination. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hillaryleung/"><img alt="Hillary Leung" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='48'%20height='48'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="avatar avatar-48 photo perfmatters-lazy" height="48" width="48" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hillary-Leung-1-48x48.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hillary-Leung-1-96x96.jpg 2x" /><noscript><img alt='Hillary Leung' src='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hillary-Leung-1-48x48.jpg' srcset='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hillary-Leung-1-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' /></noscript></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a 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<a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/05/uss-moral-authority-vital-weapon-that-china-lacked-hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-tells-national-security-trial/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='675'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="US’s moral authority ‘vital weapon’ that China lacked, Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai tells national security trial" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Hong-Kongs-Jimmy-Lai-denies-condoning-violence-despite-urging-solidarity-between-protesters.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Hong-Kongs-Jimmy-Lai-denies-condoning-violence-despite-urging-solidarity-between-protesters.jpg 1200w, 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tycoon Jimmy Lai tells national security trial</a></h3> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> Wednesday marked the 143rd day of Jimmy Lai’s high-profile national security trial. The Apple Daily founder faces up to life imprisonment if convicted. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-05T20:00:30">20:00, 5 March 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-05T20:00:46+08:00">20:00, 5 March 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="506084" class="tag-anthony-chau tag-apple-daily tag-jimmy-lai tag-mark-simon tag-mary-kissel tag-national-security tag-press-freedom tag-steven-kwan category-hong-kong category-law-crime type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/03/jailed-hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-denies-requesting-us-to-sanction-china/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='675'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Jailed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai denies requesting US to sanction China" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation-800x450.jpg 800w" data-sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image" alt="Jailed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai denies requesting US to sanction China" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jimmy-lai-defamation-800x450.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/03/jailed-hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-denies-requesting-us-to-sanction-china/" rel="bookmark">Jailed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai denies requesting US to sanction China</a></h3> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> During his national security trial on Monday, Apple Daily newspaper founder Jimmy Lai also pushed back against the allegation that he sought the United States to engage in hostile activities against China. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-03T18:36:43">18:36, 3 March 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-03T18:56:53+08:00">18:56, 3 March 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="505201" class="tag-albert-ho tag-carmen-lau tag-chow-hang-tung tag-democratic-party tag-explainer tag-hong-kong-public-opinion-research-institute tag-jimmy-lai tag-lee-cheuk-yan tag-national-security tag-national-security-explainer tag-ted-hui category-community-education category-hong-kong category-law-crime category-politics-protest type-of-work-explainer type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/01/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-56/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='675'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 56" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down-800x450.jpg 800w" data-sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image" alt="Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 56" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nsl-crack-down-800x450.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/01/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-56/" rel="bookmark">Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 56</a></h3> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> A pro-democracy political party announced its plan to disband, a polling organisation said it would halt self-funded research and may even shut down, and the trial of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai continued, with a verdict expected in October. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-01T10:30:00">10:30, 1 March 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-28T18:50:10+08:00">18:50, 28 February 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="505211" class="tag-albert-ho tag-apple-daily tag-chow-hang-tung tag-hong-kong-alliance-in-support-of-patriotic-democratic-movements-of-china tag-jimmy-lai tag-lee-cheuk-yan tag-national-security tag-press-freedom category-hong-kong category-law-crime category-politics-protest type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/24/verdict-for-jimmy-lais-nat-security-trial-expected-in-october-apple-dailys-liquidation-proceeding-to-follow/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='675'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Verdict for Jimmy Lai’s nat. security trial expected in October, Apple Daily’s liquidation proceeding to follow" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation-800x450.jpg 800w" data-sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image" alt="Verdict for Jimmy Lai’s nat. security trial expected in October, Apple Daily’s liquidation proceeding to follow" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jimmy-Lai-trial-Apple-Daily-liquidation-800x450.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/24/verdict-for-jimmy-lais-nat-security-trial-expected-in-october-apple-dailys-liquidation-proceeding-to-follow/" rel="bookmark">Verdict for Jimmy Lai’s nat. security trial expected in October, Apple Daily’s liquidation proceeding to follow</a></h3> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> Judge Linda Chan said on Monday that the Apple Daily winding-up proceeding would take place 35 days after the verdict of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s verdict is delivered. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-24T19:26:43">19:26, 24 February 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-25T12:21:11+08:00">12:21, 25 February 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:33.33%"><p class="has-text-align-center has-light-gray-background-color has-background" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong><em>Jimmy Lai’s national security trial timeline</em></strong></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li><strong>August 10, 2020</strong> – Police <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2020/08/10/breaking-pro-democracy-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-arrested-under-hong-kong-security-law-sources/">arrested Jimmy Lai</a> on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces. <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2020/08/10/scores-of-police-raid-office-of-hong-kong-pro-democracy-newspaper-apple-daily/">Over 100 police officers raided</a> Apple Daily’s offices.</li> <li><strong>December 3, 2020</strong> – Lai was <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/12/03/just-in-hong-kong-pro-democracy-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-denied-bail-remanded-in-custody-over-alleged-fraud/&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1702633189340632&usg=AOvVaw0t0C564Jhb2zCo2YVDri8w">arrested</a> for alleged fraud and denied bail.</li> <li><strong>December 11, 2020</strong> – Lai was <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/12/11/breaking-pro-democracy-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-to-face-new-charges-under-hong-kong-security-law/&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1702633298812285&usg=AOvVaw3Ev70CgJosOD6LtYMeI1uG">formally charged</a> with “collusion with foreign forces,” becoming the first person to be charged with collusion under the national security law.</li> <li><strong>December 23, 2020</strong> – High Court judge Alex Lee <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/12/23/hong-kong-court-grants-bail-to-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-facing-foreign-collusion-and-fraud-charges/&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1702633596777029&usg=AOvVaw3wDr-hAOJGQ9jUuI_yglAW">granted bail</a> to Lai on conditions including that he stayed at home except for court hearings and reporting to the police.</li> <li><strong>December 31, 2020</strong> – Lai was <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2020/12/31/breaking-hong-kong-top-court-accepts-govt-bid-to-challenge-bail-for-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-remanded-in-custody/">put in custody</a> after the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) allowed the justice department to appeal against Lai’s bail.</li> <li><strong>February 9, 2021</strong> – The CFA <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2021/02/09/breaking-hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-remanded-in-custody-as-top-court-to-allow-appeal-against-bail/">ruled in favour</a> of the government and Lai’s bail was revoked.</li> <li><strong>February 16, 2021</strong> – Lai was <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2021/02/17/national-security-hong-kong-paralegal-charged-with-conspiring-with-jimmy-lai-to-collude-with-foreign-forces/">arrested in custody</a> on suspicion of assisting Andy Li abscond to Taiwan.</li> <li><strong>February 18, 2021</strong> – The High Court <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2021/02/19/hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-again-refused-bail-over-alleged-national-security-law-violations/">dismissed</a> Lai’s bail application.</li> <li><strong>April 1, 2021</strong> – Lai, along with six other pro-democracy activists, was <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2021/04/01/breaking-7-hong-kong-veteran-pro-democracy-activists-guilty-of-unauthorised-assembly/">found guilty</a> of organising and taking part in an “unlawful assembly” in August 2019. He was later <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2021/04/16/breaking-hong-kong-father-of-democracy-martin-lee-handed-2-year-suspended-jail-sentence-over-peaceful-2019-demo/">sentenced</a> to 12 months in prison for this offence. Lai was <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/14/breaking-7-prominent-hong-kong-activists-cleared-of-organising-2019-protest/">cleared</a> of the organising conviction in August 2023. The case is still <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2023/12/08/media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-among-7-hong-kong-democrats-given-chance-to-appeal-2019-protest-conviction-at-top-court/">under appeal</a>.</li> <li><strong>May 28, 2021</strong> – Lai, along with nine other pro-democracy activists, was <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/28/breaking-years-long-jail-terms-for-hong-kong-democrats-over-banned-2019-china-national-day-demo/">sentenced</a> to 14 months in jail for his “organising” role in a protest in October 2019.</li> <li><strong>June 17, 2021</strong> – Police <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2021/06/17/breaking-hong-kong-police-raid-apple-daily-office-editor-in-chief-among-5-arrested-under-national-security-law/">raided</a> Apple Daily a second time, arresting five senior executives including chief editor Ryan Law and Next Digital CEO Cheung Kim-hung. Police also froze HK$ 18 million worth of assets linked to Apple Daily.</li> <li><strong>June 24, 2021</strong> – Apple Daily <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2021/06/24/in-pictures-thank-you-hongkongers-apple-dailys-printing-presses-come-to-a-halt-after-26-years/">issued its last edition</a> after 26 years. Hundreds of supporters gathered outside its headquarters the night before as the tabloid went out of print.</li> <li><strong>December 13, 2021</strong> – Lai, along with seven other pro-democracy activists, was <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2021/12/13/breaking-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-and-7-other-hong-kong-democrats-jailed-over-banned-tiananmen-massacre-vigil/">found guilty</a> for organising, taking part in, or inciting others to join the banned Tiananmen crackdown vigil in 2020. He was sentenced to 13 months in jail.</li> <li><strong>November 22, 2022</strong> – Six senior executives of Apple Daily and its parent company Next Digital <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2022/11/22/breaking-6-former-senior-staff-of-hong-kongs-apple-daily-plead-guilty-to-collusion-charge-in-national-security-case/">pleaded guilty</a> to collusion.</li> <li><strong>November 28, 2022 </strong>– Chief Executive John Lee invited Beijing to <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2022/11/28/breaking-hong-kong-asks-beijing-to-intervene-after-top-court-blocks-bid-to-stop-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-from-hiring-uk-lawyer/">interpret the national security law </a>to determine whether foreign counsels can participate in national security cases, after the government failed to block Lai from hiring British barrister Timothy Owen.</li> <li><strong>December 1, 2022</strong> – Lai’s trial was adjourned until December 13 while the city <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2022/12/01/media-tycoon-jimmy-lais-trial-adjourned-to-dec-13-hong-kong-immigration-withholds-visa-extension-for-his-lawyer/">waited for Beijing</a> to “clarify” whether overseas lawyers are allowed to appear in such cases.</li> <li><strong>December 10, 2022</strong> – Lai was <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2022/12/10/breaking-hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-jailed-for-5-years-9-months-for-fraud-over-use-of-apple-daily-hq/">sentenced</a> to 5 years and 9 months in prison for fraud over a lease violation of the Next Digital headquarters.</li> <li><strong>December 13, 2022</strong> – Lai’s trial was <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2022/12/13/breaking-national-security-trial-against-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-adjourned-until-september-2023/">adjourned again</a> until September 25, 2023. </li> <li><strong>December 30, 2022</strong> – The Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress confirmed that Hong Kong’s chief executive and Committee for Safeguarding National Security had the <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2022/12/30/beijing-gives-hong-kong-leader-power-to-bar-foreign-lawyers-after-loss-at-top-court/">authority to decide</a> whether overseas lawyers could take part in security law trials. </li> <li><strong>August 18, 2023</strong> – During a pre-trial review, Lai’s collusion trial was <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/18/national-security-trial-of-hong-kong-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-to-be-delayed-again-to-december/">further postponed</a> until December.</li> <li><strong>September 26, 2023</strong> – Lai’s <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2023/09/27/calls-for-release-of-jimmy-lai-on-media-moguls-1000th-day-in-custody-slanderous-hong-kong-govt-says/">1,000th day in custody</a>. International groups called for his release, while the government slammed such demands as “slanderous.”</li> <li><strong>December 18, 2023</strong> – Lai’s collusion case begins.</li></ul></div></div><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles alignwide wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-2 show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-uncropped show-caption has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="467461"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span>latest on the jimmy lai trial </span> </h2> <article data-post-id="504835" class="tag-china-extradition tag-jimmy-lai tag-national-security category-hong-kong category-law-crime category-politics-protest type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/19/hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-denies-condoning-violence-despite-urging-solidarity-between-protesters-as-nat-sec-trial-continues/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='675'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Jimmy Lai denies condoning violence despite urging solidarity between protesters, as nat. sec trial continues" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Hong-Kongs-Jimmy-Lai-denies-condoning-violence-despite-urging-solidarity-between-protesters.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Hong-Kongs-Jimmy-Lai-denies-condoning-violence-despite-urging-solidarity-between-protesters.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Hong-Kongs-Jimmy-Lai-denies-condoning-violence-despite-urging-solidarity-between-protesters-1050x591.jpg 1050w, 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solidarity between protesters, as nat. sec trial continues</a></h3> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> “I did not associate myself with the valiants, it’s just the way we called them through the perspective of the movement,” the jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai said during his trial on Wednesday. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/jameshkfp/"><img alt="James Lee" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='48'%20height='48'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="avatar avatar-48 photo perfmatters-lazy" height="48" width="48" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-James-Lee-48x48.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-James-Lee-96x96.jpg 2x" /><noscript><img alt='James Lee' src='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-James-Lee-48x48.jpg' srcset='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-James-Lee-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' /></noscript></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/jameshkfp/">James Lee</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-19T20:39:38">20:39, 19 February 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-21T10:37:20+08:00">10:37, 21 February 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="503612" class="tag-apple-daily tag-chan-pui-man tag-inter-parliamentary-alliance-on-china-ipac tag-jimmy-lai tag-luke-de-pulford tag-national-security tag-press-freedom tag-uk category-hong-kong category-law-crime type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/07/hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-denies-lying-to-court-about-not-knowing-of-intl-group-critical-of-china/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='675'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai denies lying to court about not knowing of int’l group critical of China" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3-800x450.jpg 800w" data-sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image" alt="Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai denies lying to court about not knowing of int’l group critical of China" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-3-800x450.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></noscript> </a> <figcaption>Jimmy Lai. File photo: Studio Incendo.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/07/hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-denies-lying-to-court-about-not-knowing-of-intl-group-critical-of-china/" rel="bookmark">Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai denies lying to court about not knowing of int’l group critical of China</a></h3> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai also denied giving inaccurate testimony to the court as he maintained that he was not aware of the existence of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China: “What’s the big deal? Why should I lie? It’s not a crime to know about IPAC.” </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/"><img alt="Hans Tse" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='48'%20height='48'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="avatar avatar-48 photo perfmatters-lazy" height="48" width="48" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-96x96.jpg 2x" /><noscript><img alt='Hans Tse' src='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg' srcset='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' /></noscript></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/">Hans Tse</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-07T18:54:42">18:54, 7 February 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-07T19:41:18+08:00">19:41, 7 February 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="503193" class="tag-china-extradition tag-apple-daily tag-chan-tsz-wah tag-jimmy-lai tag-national-security tag-press-freedom category-hong-kong category-law-crime category-politics-protest type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/04/judges-tells-jimmy-lai-to-contain-his-emotions-after-tycoons-fiery-remarks-in-nat-security-trial/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='675'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Judges tell Jimmy Lai to ‘contain’ his emotions after tycoon’s fiery remarks in nat. security trial" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-706x397.jpg 706w, 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prosecutors’ questioning, saying: “You are putting words in my mouth again… you are so free of shame, integrity…” </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/"><img alt="Hans Tse" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='48'%20height='48'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="avatar avatar-48 photo perfmatters-lazy" height="48" width="48" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-96x96.jpg 2x" /><noscript><img alt='Hans Tse' src='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg' srcset='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' /></noscript></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/">Hans Tse</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-04T19:49:23">19:49, 4 February 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-04T19:58:19+08:00">19:58, 4 February 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles alignwide wpnbha is-grid columns-2 colgap-2 show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-uncropped show-caption has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="467461"> <article data-post-id="503075" class="tag-apple-daily tag-jimmy-lai tag-mark-simon tag-mike-pence tag-national-security tag-press-freedom category-hong-kong category-law-crime category-politics-protest type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/03/jimmy-lai-denies-concealing-plan-to-meet-with-us-officials-when-he-applied-to-lift-travel-ban-in-2020/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='675'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Jimmy Lai denies concealing plan to meet with US officials when he applied to lift travel ban in 2020" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2-768x432.jpg 768w, 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srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-2-800x450.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/03/jimmy-lai-denies-concealing-plan-to-meet-with-us-officials-when-he-applied-to-lift-travel-ban-in-2020/" rel="bookmark">Jimmy Lai denies concealing plan to meet with US officials when he applied to lift travel ban in 2020</a></h2> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> Jailed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai told the court on Monday that he thought it was “not a big deal” to meet with US officials and senators before Beijing imposed a national security law in June 2020. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/"><img alt="Hans Tse" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='48'%20height='48'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="avatar avatar-48 photo perfmatters-lazy" height="48" width="48" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-96x96.jpg 2x" /><noscript><img alt='Hans Tse' src='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg' srcset='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' /></noscript></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/">Hans Tse</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-03T19:46:42">19:46, 3 February 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-04T08:13:22+08:00">08:13, 4 February 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="502217" class="tag-andrew-cheung tag-apple-daily tag-chow-hang-tung tag-chung-kim-wah tag-explainer tag-hong-kong-alliance-in-support-of-patriotic-democratic-movements-of-china 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data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55-800x450.jpg 800w" data-sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image" alt="Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 55" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hong-Kongs-national-security-crackdown-–-month-55-800x450.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/01/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-55/" rel="bookmark">Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 55</a></h2> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> The trial of Jimmy Lai continued, the apex court heard a landmark appeal against the colonial-era sedition law, while a polling organisation and its CEO were questioned by national security police. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hongkongfreepress/"><img alt="HKFP favicon logo hong kong free press" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='48'%20height='48'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="avatar avatar-48 photo perfmatters-lazy" height="48" width="48" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-Favicon-48x48.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-Favicon-96x96.jpg 2x" /><noscript><img alt='HKFP favicon logo hong kong free press' src='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-Favicon-48x48.jpg' srcset='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-Favicon-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' /></noscript></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hongkongfreepress/">Hong Kong Free Press</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-01T10:00:00">10:00, 1 February 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-27T17:19:54+08:00">17:19, 27 February 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles alignwide wpnbha is-grid columns-4 colgap-2 show-image image-aligntop ts-2 is-3 is-uncropped show-caption has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="467461"> <article data-post-id="502578" class="tag-china-extradition tag-apple-daily tag-christian-whiton tag-jack-keane tag-jimmy-lai tag-magnitsky-act tag-mark-simon tag-national-security tag-paul-wolfowitz tag-press-freedom category-hong-kong category-law-crime category-politics-protest type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/24/jimmy-lais-email-exchanges-with-us-officials-floated-sanction-targets-national-security-trial-hears/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='675'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Jimmy Lai’s email exchanges with US officials floated sanction targets, national security trial hears" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-1-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-1-1.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-1-1-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-1-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-1-1-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-1-1-800x450.jpg 800w" data-sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-1-1.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image" alt="Jimmy Lai’s email exchanges with US officials floated sanction targets, national security trial hears" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-1-1.jpg 1200w, 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email exchanges with US officials floated sanction targets, national security trial hears</a></h2> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> Jimmy Lai, 77, told the court that he only had a “vague” understanding of the Magnitsky Act and denied that he was asking Washington to impose sanctions on Hong Kong through his correspondences with former US officials. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/"><img alt="Hans Tse" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='48'%20height='48'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="avatar avatar-48 photo perfmatters-lazy" height="48" width="48" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-96x96.jpg 2x" /><noscript><img alt='Hans Tse' src='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg' srcset='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' /></noscript></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/">Hans Tse</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-01-24T18:51:15">18:51, 24 January 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-01-24T18:57:26+08:00">18:57, 24 January 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="502179" class="tag-china tag-donald-trump tag-jimmy-lai tag-john-lee tag-national-security tag-usa category-defence-foreign-policy category-hong-kong category-law-crime category-politics-protest type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/21/hong-kong-leader-says-new-trump-presidency-good-start-for-us-china-relations-warns-against-interference/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='675'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Hong Kong leader says new Trump presidency ‘good start’ for US-China relations, warns against ‘interference’" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/John-Lee-says-new-Trump-presidency-good-start-for-US-China-relations-warns-against-interference-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/John-Lee-says-new-Trump-presidency-good-start-for-US-China-relations-warns-against-interference-1.jpg 1200w, 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data-sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/John-Lee-says-new-Trump-presidency-good-start-for-US-China-relations-warns-against-interference-1.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image" alt="Hong Kong leader says new Trump presidency ‘good start’ for US-China relations, warns against ‘interference’" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/John-Lee-says-new-Trump-presidency-good-start-for-US-China-relations-warns-against-interference-1.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/John-Lee-says-new-Trump-presidency-good-start-for-US-China-relations-warns-against-interference-1-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/John-Lee-says-new-Trump-presidency-good-start-for-US-China-relations-warns-against-interference-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/John-Lee-says-new-Trump-presidency-good-start-for-US-China-relations-warns-against-interference-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/John-Lee-says-new-Trump-presidency-good-start-for-US-China-relations-warns-against-interference-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/John-Lee-says-new-Trump-presidency-good-start-for-US-China-relations-warns-against-interference-1-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/John-Lee-says-new-Trump-presidency-good-start-for-US-China-relations-warns-against-interference-1-800x450.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/21/hong-kong-leader-says-new-trump-presidency-good-start-for-us-china-relations-warns-against-interference/" rel="bookmark">Hong Kong leader says new Trump presidency ‘good start’ for US-China relations, warns against ‘interference’</a></h2> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> “Any political pressure would constitute a perversion of the course of justice and that should not happen,” Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday, shortly after Donald Trump was sworn in as US president. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/jameshkfp/"><img alt="James Lee" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='48'%20height='48'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="avatar avatar-48 photo perfmatters-lazy" height="48" width="48" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-James-Lee-48x48.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-James-Lee-96x96.jpg 2x" /><noscript><img alt='James Lee' src='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-James-Lee-48x48.jpg' srcset='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-James-Lee-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' /></noscript></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/jameshkfp/">James Lee</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-01-21T17:05:12">17:05, 21 January 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-01-21T18:10:51+08:00">18:10, 21 January 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="502101" class="tag-antonio-chiang tag-apple-daily tag-jack-keane tag-james-cunningham tag-jimmy-lai tag-national-security tag-paul-wolfowitz tag-press-freedom tag-tsai-ing-wen category-hong-kong 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srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Jimmy-Lai-denies-being-middleman-for-Taiwan-to-rebuild-diplomatic-ties-with-US-tycoons-national-security-trial-hears.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Jimmy-Lai-denies-being-middleman-for-Taiwan-to-rebuild-diplomatic-ties-with-US-tycoons-national-security-trial-hears-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Jimmy-Lai-denies-being-middleman-for-Taiwan-to-rebuild-diplomatic-ties-with-US-tycoons-national-security-trial-hears-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Jimmy-Lai-denies-being-middleman-for-Taiwan-to-rebuild-diplomatic-ties-with-US-tycoons-national-security-trial-hears-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Jimmy-Lai-denies-being-middleman-for-Taiwan-to-rebuild-diplomatic-ties-with-US-tycoons-national-security-trial-hears-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Jimmy-Lai-denies-being-middleman-for-Taiwan-to-rebuild-diplomatic-ties-with-US-tycoons-national-security-trial-hears-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Jimmy-Lai-denies-being-middleman-for-Taiwan-to-rebuild-diplomatic-ties-with-US-tycoons-national-security-trial-hears-800x450.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/21/jimmy-lai-denies-being-middleman-to-help-taiwan-rebuild-diplomatic-ties-with-us-nat-security-trial-hears/" rel="bookmark">Jimmy Lai denies being ‘middleman’ to help Taiwan rebuild diplomatic ties with US, nat. security trial hears</a></h2> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> “I was not a middleman from the Taiwan government. I don’t want this implication from you,” the Apple Daily founder said in the hearing. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/jameshkfp/"><img alt="James Lee" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='48'%20height='48'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="avatar avatar-48 photo perfmatters-lazy" height="48" width="48" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-James-Lee-48x48.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-James-Lee-96x96.jpg 2x" /><noscript><img alt='James Lee' src='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-James-Lee-48x48.jpg' srcset='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-James-Lee-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' /></noscript></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/jameshkfp/">James Lee</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-01-21T08:30:00">08:30, 21 January 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-01-20T19:22:13+08:00">19:22, 20 January 2025</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="501997" class="tag-apple-daily tag-jimmy-lai tag-mark-simon tag-national-security tag-press-freedom tag-taiwan tag-usa category-hong-kong category-law-crime type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/17/jimmy-lai-paid-ex-us-officials-us3-25-million-to-advise-taiwans-tsai-ing-wen-prosecutors-tell-national-security-trial/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='675'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Jimmy Lai paid ex-US officials US$3.25 million to advise Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen, prosecutors tell national security trial" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-800x450.jpg 800w" data-sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image" alt="Jimmy Lai paid ex-US officials US$3.25 million to advise Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen, prosecutors tell national security trial" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RENAME-before-upload-Article-Basic-Full-logo-53-800x450.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/17/jimmy-lai-paid-ex-us-officials-us3-25-million-to-advise-taiwans-tsai-ing-wen-prosecutors-tell-national-security-trial/" rel="bookmark">Jimmy Lai paid ex-US officials US$3.25 million to advise Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen, prosecutors tell national security trial</a></h2> <div class="newspack-post-subtitle newspack-post-subtitle--in-homepage-block"> Prosecutor Anthony Chau said on Friday that Jimmy Lai, 77, paid Jack Keane, a retired US army general, and Paul Wolfowitz, ex-US deputy secretary of defence, “at least” US$3.25 million to offer a two-year “consultancy” service to Tsai between 2017 and 2019. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/hanstse/"><img alt="Hans Tse" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='48'%20height='48'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="avatar avatar-48 photo perfmatters-lazy" height="48" width="48" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-96x96.jpg 2x" /><noscript><img alt='Hans Tse' src='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Hans-Tse-1-48x48.jpg' 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data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109-800x450.jpg 800w" data-sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image" alt="Retweeting activist’s call for UK to sanction Hong Kong officials a ‘mistake,’ jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai tells court" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109-768x432.jpg 768w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109-400x225.jpg 400w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109-706x397.jpg 706w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-trial-day-109-800x450.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/13/retweeting-activists-call-for-uk-to-sanction-hong-kong-officials-a-mistake-jailed-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-tells-court/" rel="bookmark">Retweeting activist’s call for UK to sanction Hong Kong officials a ‘mistake,’ jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai tells court</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/kellyho/"><img alt="Kelly Ho" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='48'%20height='48'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="avatar avatar-48 photo perfmatters-lazy" height="48" width="48" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Kelly-Ho-48x48.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Kelly-Ho-96x96.jpg 2x" /><noscript><img alt='Kelly Ho' src='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Kelly-Ho-48x48.jpg' srcset='https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Kelly-Ho-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' /></noscript></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hongkongfp.com/author/kellyho/">Kelly Ho</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-12-13T18:50:35">18:50, 13 December 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-12-13T18:50:50+08:00">18:50, 13 December 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="499384" class="tag-china-extradition tag-apple-daily tag-jimmy-lai tag-mike-pompeo tag-national-security tag-press-freedom category-hong-kong category-law-crime category-politics-protest type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/12/jimmy-lai-denies-promoting-hostility-against-china-in-posts-supporting-hawkish-pompeo-speech-trial-hears/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="675" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='675'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="Jimmy Lai denies promoting hostility against China in posts supporting hawkish Pompeo speech, trial hears" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-denies-advocating-hostility-against-China-in-tweets-supporting-Pompeo-speech.jpg" data-srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-denies-advocating-hostility-against-China-in-tweets-supporting-Pompeo-speech.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-denies-advocating-hostility-against-China-in-tweets-supporting-Pompeo-speech-1050x591.jpg 1050w, 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src="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-denies-advocating-hostility-against-China-in-tweets-supporting-Pompeo-speech.jpg" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped size-newspack-article-block-uncropped wp-post-image" alt="Jimmy Lai denies promoting hostility against China in posts supporting hawkish Pompeo speech, trial hears" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-denies-advocating-hostility-against-China-in-tweets-supporting-Pompeo-speech.jpg 1200w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-denies-advocating-hostility-against-China-in-tweets-supporting-Pompeo-speech-1050x591.jpg 1050w, https://hongkongfp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Lai-denies-advocating-hostility-against-China-in-tweets-supporting-Pompeo-speech-768x432.jpg 768w, 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