Hong Kong authorities seek forfeiture order for properties tied to Jimmy Lai’s crimes
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“Hong Kong authorities seek forfeiture order for properties tied to Jimmy Lai’s crimes”
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Wikipedia entry for 'HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying & Others' confirms the case involved confiscation of assets linked to Jimmy Lai's convictions. The claim aligns with legal proceedings described in the source.
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— Apple Daily (simplified Chinese: 苹果日报; traditional Chinese: 蘋果日報; pinyin: píngguǒ rìbào; Jyutping: ping4 gwo2 jat6 bou3) was a Chinese-language newspaper published in Hong Kong from 1995 to 2021, with…
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— HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying & Others [2025] HKCFI 6291 was a Hong Kong Court of First Instance national security and sedition case concerning Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and three Apple Daily-related companies. The…
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— Lai Chee-ying (Chinese: 黎智英; born 8 December 1947), also known as Jimmy Lai, is a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He founded the clothing retailer Giordano, the media company Next Digital (forme…
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“Confiscating properties will ensure they are not used to further threaten national security, government spokesman says”
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“A government spokesman on Thursday also said the application filed with the Court of First Instance aimed to achieve the 'important objectives of preventing and suppressing acts and activities endangering national security'”
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— A court of first instance is a trial court of original or primary jurisdiction.
Specific courts by that name include:
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— The Court of First Instance (HKCFI in case citations; HC in action numbers) is the lower court of the High Court of Hong Kong (the upper court being the Court of Appeal).
The hierarchy of the Hong Kon…
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— A trial court or court of first instance is a court having original jurisdiction, in which trials take place. Appeals from the decisions of trial courts are usually heard by higher courts with the pow…
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“Lai, 78, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily tabloid-style newspaper was sentenced to 20 years in prison in February after being convicted of two conspiracy counts of collusion with foreign forces and a third of conspiracy to print and distribute seditious articles”
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Wikipedia entry for 'HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying & Others' explicitly states the conviction for conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and distribution of seditious materials.
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— HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying & Others [2025] HKCFI 6291 was a Hong Kong Court of First Instance national security and sedition case concerning Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and three Apple Daily-related companies. The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HKSAR_v_Lai_Chee_Ying_&_Others
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— Lai Chee-ying (Chinese: 黎智英; born 8 December 1947), also known as Jimmy Lai, is a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He founded the clothing retailer Giordano, the media company Next Digital (forme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lai
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— Tim Owen is an English barrister at Matrix Chambers. His practice spans the fields of fraud/regulatory, criminal, public, human rights, media and information, extradition/MLA, sports, asset recovery…
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“The court also fined Apple Daily, Apple Daily Printing and AD Internet more than HK$3 million (US$383,800) each”
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“It pointed out that Lai was the 'mastermind and driving force' behind a campaign to undermine the authority of both the central and local governments”
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“In its ruling, the court said that Lai 'consciously' used his personal influence and the Apple Daily platform to delegitimise government institutions”
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