Jimmy Lai Chee Ying
Political Prisoner
Jimmy Lai Chee-ying 黎智英
Date of Birth : 8th December1974
Age at Arrest: 72 (Arrested at 10th August 2020)
Founder, Next Digital Limited
*Currently in jail and on trial. A total of 7 years 5 months imprisonment.
Jimmy Lai is an internationally-respected entrepreneur and a leading campaigner for democracy and human rights in Hong Kong. He is the founder of Giordano, one of Asia's largest clothing retailers and Next Media, formerly the largest listed media company in Hong Kong, which published, among other titles, the Apple Daily, the only Chinese-language mass circulation pro-democracy daily newspaper until its forced closure in June 2021. (Photo: HKFP)
Charges, incidents & sentences:
Charge:
(1)Conspiracy to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security (2)Conspiracy to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security (3)Conspiracy to publish seditious publications
Incident: Jimmy Lai, Apple Daily Limited, Apple Daily Printing Limited, and AD Internet Limited – stand accused of the same conspiracy to commit collusion with foreign forces and conspiracy to print seditious publications charges.
Sentencing: Trial Hearing from 20/11/2024
Charge:
(1) Conspiracy to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security
Incident: Accused of conspiring with Andy Li, Finn Lau and Mark Herman Simon between July 2020 and February 2021 to lobby external forces to impose sanctions on Hong Kong and China
Sentence : TBC
Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly
Incident: Causeway Bay March on18 August 2019
Sentencing: 12 months imprisonment (HKFP)
Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly
Incident: Chater Garden Rally on 31 August 2019
Sentencing: 8 months imprisonment, to be served concurrently with charges related to 18 August 2019 March except for two months (BBC, CNN)
Charge: Organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly
Incident: Protest on Hong Kong Island on 1 October 2019
Sentencing: 14 months imprisonment, part of the sentencing to be served concurrently with previous sentencing, extending Lai's jail term to a total of 20 months (Nikkei, Forbes)
Charging: Participating in and inciting participation in an unauthorised assembly
Incident: June 4th Candlelight Vigil on 4 June 2020
Charge: Fraud
Sentencing: five years and nine months imprisonment (The Guardian)
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