Hong Kong police sift the past to pursue new security law crimes
Hong Kong police are using the past words and deeds of government critics to bolster investigations under the city's sweeping new security law, despite the legislation not being retroactive. The law, described by China as a "sword" hanging over the heads of its pro-democracy opponents, ...
As China hits Jimmy Lai, a bitter tabloid feud may lead to jail
Even as Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai looks to defend himself against possible charges under China’s national security law, a long-running feud with a rival tabloid may see him end up in jail. Lai’s trial for "criminal intimidation” in 2017 of a reporter from ...
Hong Kong protesters adapt as security law stifles old tactics
Demonstrators have sought more creative methods, like supporting sympathetic businesses.
Jimmy Lai's arrest shows why the West lost faith in Hong Kong courts
The statements issued by China and Hong Kong after Monday’s arrest of media tycoon Jimmy Lai underlined how quickly a national security law passed in June is undermining the city’s independent judicial system. The Hong Kong Police Force on Twitter disputed a claim it searched ...
Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai freed on bail amid Hong Kong crackdown
Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai walked free on bail Wednesday, over 40 hours after he and other critics of China were rounded up by police as part of a widening crackdown on dissent. When Lai left a police station he was swarmed by ...
Japan sticks to well-worn diplomatic language after latest Hong Kong crackdown
The government's top spokesman did not directly address the arrests in which Beijing deployed a new security law to target 'black hands' behind pro-democracy protests.
Hong Kong's Apple Daily vows to 'fight on' after owner arrested
Hong Kong's Apple Daily tabloid responded with defiance on Tuesday to the arrest of owner Jimmy Lai under a new national security law imposed by Beijing, promising to "fight on" in a front-page headline over an image of Lai in handcuffs. Readers queued from the ...
Media tycoon’s arrest sends warning to Hong Kong’s free press
Right before China retook control of Hong Kong in 1997, tycoon Jimmy Lai started Apple Daily in part to promote democracy in the city. For 25 years, the newspaper survived advertising boycotts and political pressure, but never backed off its tough coverage of the ...
Hong Kong media mogul and democracy activist Jimmy Lai held under China security law
His arrest further stokes concerns about media and other freedoms promised to the former British colony when it was returned to China in 1997.
Hong Kong activists arrested over last year's democracy rallies
Police in Hong Kong carried out a sweeping operation against high-profile democracy campaigners on Saturday, arresting 15 activists on charges related to massive protests that rocked the Asian financial hub last year. Among those targeted was 72-year-old media tycoon Jimmy Lai, founder of anti-establishment newspaper ...
