BREAKINGBREAKING, The media tycoon and democracy supporter, now 76, has been in jail for 3 years, accused of ‘collusion with foreign forces’. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has gone on trial for alleged nationwide safety offences, hours after the UK joined requires his instant launch. Lai, who has been imprisoned since December 2020, arrived…
In contrast to different Hong Kong tycoons who have been cautious to not provoke China’s leaders, Jimmy Lai had lengthy been a proud insurgent. He based a newspaper with a decidedly anti-Beijing slant. He was a outstanding face at large pro-democracy protests. He lobbied American officials to protest town’s declining autonomy. Then, in 2020, Mr….
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founding father of Apple Every day, arrives the Courtroom of Closing Attraction, for listening to an enchantment by the Division of Justice in opposition to the bail determination of Lai, in Hong Kong, China December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Picture By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG…
4/4 © Reuters. A girl walks inside Harvey Nichols, a London-headquartered multi-brand luxurious retailer, at Landmark, the upscale shopping center, in Hong Kong, China November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu 2/4 By Farah Grasp HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s luxurious retailers are adapting to fewer rich Chinese language customers visiting the town and a shift…
Prime US diplomat calls on worldwide neighborhood to oppose ‘transnational repression’. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has condemned Hong Kong authorities for putting bounties on 5 pro-democracy activists based mostly abroad, together with a US citizen, calling on the worldwide neighborhood to oppose “transnational repression”. Blinken stated on Friday that the bounties of…
3/3 © Reuters. The picture of activist Frances Hui is displayed throughout a press convention to situation arrest warrants in Hong Kong, China December 14, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu 2/3 By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong police on Thursday added 5 extra overseas-based activists to a listing of needed individuals, providing bounties for data…
3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founding father of Apple Day by day, stories to the police station after he was launched on bail following his arrest beneath the nationwide safety legislation in Hong Kong, China December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Lam Yik/ FILE PHOTO 2/3 By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founding father of Apple Every day, leaves the Court docket of Ultimate Enchantment by jail van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Picture 2/2 By James Pomfret, Greg Torode and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – An extended-awaited nationwide safety trial opens in…
The nationwide safety trial of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is because of start on Monday, greater than a yr after it was initially scheduled to begin, and three years since he was first imprisoned. The 76-year-old, who can be a British citizen, stands accused of conspiring to collude with international forces and…
The US and the UK have condemned the transfer as Hong Kong authorities increase crackdown below nationwide safety regulation. Police in Hong Kong have supplied bounties for info resulting in the arrest of 5 activists residing abroad, increasing a crackdown on these concerned within the metropolis’s as soon as vibrant pro-democracy protest motion below a…
© Reuters. A night view of the monetary central district of Hong Kong, China October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu.file picture HONG KONG (Reuters) – The Hong Kong Financial Authority (HKMA) on Thursday left its base fee charged by means of the in a single day low cost window unchanged at 5.75%, monitoring a transfer by…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A J.P. Morgan emblem is seen in New York Metropolis, U.S. January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photograph By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:) is ready to outsource the operations of its native custody enterprise in Hong Kong and Taiwan with Citigroup, HSBC and Commonplace Chartered (OTC:) within…
© Reuters. The Hong Kong Inventory Alternate is closed on the monetary Central district as Hurricane Haima approaches in Hong Kong, China, October 21, 2016 . REUTERS/Bobby Yip/file photograph By Scott Murdoch (Reuters) – Chinese language firms iMotion Automotive Expertise and Henan Jinyuan Hydrogenated Chemical substances are making a last-minute sprint to checklist in Hong…
Voters avoid polls overhauled to restrict variety of straight elected seats and maintain these deemed disloyal out of public workplace. Hong Kong’s first “patriots only” district council elections noticed a turnout of simply 27.5 p.c, a file low, in spite of everything opposition candidates had been excluded from the poll. On the final polls in…
Native heroes dominated the Longines Hong Kong Worldwide Races, with Golden Sixty, Romantic Warrior and Fortunate Sweynesse sending the Sha Tin crowd wild with delight. Golden Sixty merely demolished his rivals within the Hong Kong Mile, profitable this race for the third time and taking his tally of Group One triumphs to 10. Francis Lui’s…
