Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction overturned by Hong Kong court in rare legal win for activist
The Guardian • • general
Key Points:
- A Hong Kong appellate court overturned fraud convictions against pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, but he remains imprisoned due to a separate 20-year sentence under the national security law.
- The overturned fraud case involved allegations that Lai's consultancy firm improperly used office space rented by his media business, but the higher court ruled the prosecution failed to prove false representation beyond reasonable doubt.
- Lai’s lengthy national security sentence, viewed as the harshest for such offenses in Hong Kong, has raised concerns he may spend the rest of his life in prison, prompting international calls for his release.
- Separately, Kwok Yin-sang, father of wanted activist Anna Kwok, was sentenced to eight months under the national security law for attempting to
