Hong Kong rejects Jimmy Lai bid to overturn conviction

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Hong Kong rejects Jimmy Lai bid to overturn conviction

Hong Kong’s top court has unanimously dismissed the bid to overturn the convictions of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy campaigners for an unauthorised assembly in 2019.

Lai, 76, the founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, and six others including veteran democrat Martin Lee had been found guilty of organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly in August 2019 during months-long pro-democracy protests in the China-ruled city.

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