Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced to several years in prison. He had recently completed another prison sentence.
A Hong Kong court sentenced pro-democracy media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai to five years and nine months in prison. It also convicted the owner of the now-defunct democratic newspaper Apple Daily for two million Hong Kong dollars (about 243,000 euros) for fraud in two lawsuits on Saturday. found guilty in October
Lai’s former colleague, Wong Wai Keung, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for a fraudulent charge.
found guilty in October
The court found Lai guilty in October of leasing a workplace to an office company he controlled, first from 1998 to 2015 and then from 2016 to 2020.
This is a violation of his lease agreement. Judge Stanley Chan said Lai also kept the sublease secret, misusing the media company Next Digital as a protective shield and also being unreasonable.
Many lawsuits against prominent democracy activists
Lai’s decision is the latest in a series of lawsuits against prominent democracy activists. Following the pro-democracy protests in 2019, he was arrested and sentenced to 20 months in prison for his role in unauthorized meetings.
He also has a pending lawsuit for violating the notorious National Security Act. Here he faces a life sentence. Lai’s defense asked the United Nations to investigate his client and the multiple allegations against his arrest. Punishment for expressing certain opinions is “legal harassment”.
Source: ZDF
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