A Hong Kong court has overturned the fraud conviction of Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, but he remains detained under the National Security Law sentencing.
A Hong Kong court has recently overturned the initial fraud conviction of Jimmy Lai, the founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, whose publications were critical of the Chinese Communist Party. This ruling came on October 26, as the court dismissed the December 2022 sentencing of 5 years and 9 months on the grounds that the prosecution had not sufficiently proven their case. This decision is a significant development in a legal saga that has attracted international attention regarding the treatment of dissent in Hong Kong.
