Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal overturns tycoon Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction and sentencing

La Corte d’appello di Hong Kong annulla la condanna e la pena per frode del magnate Jimmy Lai

Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo (Reuters)

HONG KONG, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal on Thursday overturned a lower court ruling against pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s conviction and sentence for a fraud offence.

Lai was sentenced in December 2022 to five years and nine months in jail after being found guilty of breaching the lease terms of his Apple Daily newspaper’s headquarters by concealing the operation of a private company, Dico Consultants Ltd, in the building.

(Reporting by Jessie Pang and James Pomfret; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree and Jacqueline Wong)

HONG KONG, 26 febbraio (Reuters) - La Corte d’Appello di Hong Kong ha annullato giovedì la sentenza di un tribunale di grado inferiore contro la condanna e la pena del magnate dei media filo-democratico Jimmy Lai per un reato di frode.

Lai era stato condannato nel dicembre 2022 a cinque anni e nove mesi di carcere dopo essere stato riconosciuto colpevole di aver violato i termini del contratto di locazione della sede del suo quotidiano Apple Daily nascondendo l’attività di una società privata, la Dico Consultants Ltd, all’interno dell’edificio.

(Reporter: Jessie Pang e James Pomfret; Editor: Anne Marie Roantree e Jacqueline Wong)

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Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal overturns tycoon Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction and sentencing

La Corte d’appello di Hong Kong annulla la condanna e la pena per frode del magnate Jimmy Lai

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