HK court overturns Jimmy Lai’s conviction for fraudReuters, HONG KONGPro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s (黎智英) fraud conviction and prison sentence were yesterday overturned by a Hong Kong court, in a surprise legal decision that comes soon after Lai was jailed for 20 years on a separate national security charge. Hong kong media mogul Jimmy Lai poses for a photograph at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong on June 16, 2020. Photo: AFPEven with the quashing of the fraud conviction and sentence, Lai would remain imprisoned for 20 years in a separate case over two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one for publishing seditious materials. “He still has a sentence of 20 years in prison and has spent the last half a decade in solitary confinement in maximum security. Jimmy Lai was sentenced in December 2022 to five years and nine months in jail after being found guilty of breaching the lease terms of Apple Daily’s headquarters by concealing the operation of a private company, Dico Consultants Ltd, in the building.

Source: Taipei Times February 26, 2026 17:12 UTC