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Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has told his national security trial it was “crazy” to think that China’s Communist Party could be overthrown. Jimmy Lai being transferred onto a Correctional Services vehicle on February 1, 2021. File photo: Studio Incendo. Lai, 76, also said on Thursday Hong Kong protesters could only win international […]
Jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai has denied that he instructed staff of his now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper to urge the West to impose sanctions on Hong Kong, his national security trial has heard. Jimmy Lai being transferred onto a Correctional Services vehicle on February 1, 2021. File photo: Studio Incendo. The 76-year-old tycoon continued to […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has testified at his national security trial that urging other countries to speak up for the city’s pro-democracy movement does not amount to seeking foreign interference. Jimmy Lai. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. The 76-year-old, who wore a green sweater and a suit jacket, stands accused of two counts of taking […]
Detained media mogul Jimmy Lai wanted to “explain” the thinking behind protesters’ storming of the legislature in 2019 through his newspaper Apple Daily to ensure the movement’s survival, the tycoon’s national security trial has heard. Lai, whose defence questioning expected to take 15 days, took the stand for the second day on Thursday. Under defence […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai took the stand for the first time in his national security trial on Wednesday, testifying that he had never tried to influence overseas governments’ foreign policy on Hong Kong or China. Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. The 76-year-old founder of the shuttered Apple Daily […]
New York Times religion writers Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham offered this post-election assessment: While politicians have often invoked God or cited passages from the Bible to make their case, the country is entering a new landscape, one where Mr. Trump is not only the leader of the Republican Party but also the de facto […]
Hong Kong Free Press has been nominated for a journalistic independence prize at the 2024 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Awards. Photo: Reporters Without Borders. “Despite the enactment of the National Security Law and the shutdown of numerous media in the territory, HKFP remains one of the rare media covering subjects considered taboo by Beijing, including […]
In the days leading up to the fiercely contested US presidential election, three major American newspapers – The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today – have opted not to endorse either the Democratic candidate, US Vice-President Kamala Harris, or the Republican, former president Donald Trump. The announcements have prompted staff resignations and […]