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Jimmy Lai
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黎智英 | |
.jpg) Lai at the U.S. Capitol in 2019 | |
| Born | Lai Chee-ying 8 December 1947[1] |
| Nationality | Chinese[2] British[3] |
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| Title | Founder and ex-chairman of Next Digital Founder of Giordano International |
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Lai Chee-ying (Chinese: 黎智英; born 8 December 1947[4]), also known as Jimmy Lai, is a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He founded Giordano, an Asian clothing retailer, Next Digital (formerly Next Media), a Hong Kong-listed media company, and the popular newspaper Apple Daily. He is one of the main contributors to the pro-democracy camp, especially to the Democratic Party. Although he is known as a Hong Kong political figure, he has been a British national since 1996.[5] Lai is also an art collector.[6]
A prominent critic of the Chinese Communist Party, who met with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and National Security Advisor John Bolton in July 2019 during the Hong Kong protests,[7] Lai was arrested on 10 August 2020 by the Hong Kong police on charges of violating the territory's new national security law,[8][9][10] an action which prompted widespread criticism.[11][12][13] Lai was allowed bail on 12 August, but on 3 December, Lai was accused of fraud and his bail was revoked. The court decided to jail Lai until April 2021, marking the first time Lai has been detained. Lai regarded his imprisonment as "the summit of his own life".[14]
In December 2020, Lai was awarded the "Freedom of Press Award" by Reporters Without Borders for his role in founding Apple Daily, a news outlet under Lai's pro-democracy leadership that "still dares to openly criticise the Chinese regime and which widely covered last year's pro-democracy protests."[15][16] On 29 December, Lai resigned from his roles with Next Digital as director and chairman of the board.[17][18]
In April 2021, he was sentenced to an additional 14 months in prison for organizing illegal protests.[19] As of September 2023, Lai remains imprisoned in solitary confinement at Hong Kong's Stanley Prison.[20] On 19 August 2024, a motion for an appeal was rejected. He is in solitary confinement.[21]
In November 2024, Lai testified that he might have asked U.S. officials to sanction Beijing and Hong Kong.[22]
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- ^ Davidson, Helen (10 January 2023). "Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai requests Rishi Sunak meeting". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon's trial begins". 18 December 2023. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "'He has not bowed': Jimmy Lai and Hong Kong's future - CSMonitor.com". Christian Science Monitor. 19 April 2021. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Liu, Nicolle; Leahy, Joe (14 August 2020). "Jimmy Lai, the testy tycoon defying Beijing". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2020.(subscription required)
- ^ "黎智英：丁雄泉，就代表藝術" [Jimmy Lai: Walasse Ting represents the arts]. Business Today (in Traditional Chinese). 3 June 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Marsh, Jenni (27 August 2019). "Why pro-democracy troublemaker Jimmy Lai is the only Hong Kong multi-millionaire standing up to China | CNN Business". CNN. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ Ramzy, Austin; May, Tiffany (9 August 2020). "Hong Kong Publisher Jimmy Lai Is Arrested Under National Security Law". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Lai arrested". BBC News. 10 August 2020. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Griffiths, James; Cheung, Eric. "Hong Kong media tycoon arrested under new national security law". CNN. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Soo, Zen (10 August 2020). "Hong Kong newspaper raided, tycoon detained under new law". AP News. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "What people are saying about the arrest of Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai". Reuters. 9 August 2020. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "2020 RSF Press Freedom Awards : three winners selected and special prize honors Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily in Hong Kong | Reporters without borders". Reporters Without Borders. 7 December 2020. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ "The Case of Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong's Press Freedom Canary?". Committee to Protect Journalists. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ Chau, Candice (30 December 2020). "Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai resigned from media firm as court releases judgement on bail decision". Hong Kong Free Press. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.nextdigital.com.hk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Jimmy Lai's son says the jailed Hong Kong media tycoon 'refuses to be cowed'". NBC. 26 September 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ taz.de: Verleger Jimmy Lai erneut verurteilt
- ^ Wong, Brian (27 November 2024). "Jimmy Lai says he may have asked US official to sanction Beijing and Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
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