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Prosecutors presented a Twitter post in July 2020 retweeted by Jimmy Lai from the "Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China" (IPAC), demonstrating that Lai continued supporting anti-China organizations IPAC and "Stand With Hong Kong" (SWHK) in promoting sanctions against China and Hong Kong after...

Former Apple Daily chief writer Yeung Ching-kee testified that he could not write articles that oppose Jimmy Lai’s stance of supporting foreign sanctions against China. He further stated Apple Daily had no genuine editorial autonomy but only " autonomy within a cage”, where all editorial staff...

Police financial investigation revealed that between July 2013 and July 2020, Jimmy Lai transferred more than HK$100 million to his assistant Mark Simon. Of this amount, over HK$90 million was distributed through Lai's personal companies and Mark Simon's bank account to various pro-democracy...

Trial revealed Jimmy Lai’s UK connections covered prominent figures such as Benedict Rogers (founder of Hong Kong Watch), Luke de Pulford (member of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission), and former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten. Lai admitted that Rogers had repeatedly advocated...

Jimmy Lai admitted in court that he personally funded HK$14.9 million to arrange four visits to Taiwan by former US Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and former Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Jack Keane. These visits included meetings with then-Taiwan leader Tsai to help her understand...