Hong Kong democracy advocate and media tycoon Jimmy Lai scored a legal victory Thursday when an appeals court in the Chinese Special Administrative Region overturned one of several guilty verdicts against him.
Lai is currently serving a 20-year sentence on other charges brought under China’s National Security Law, including conspiracy to collaborate with foreign forces and publishing seditious materials — both of which he denies.
The conviction overturned Thursday was related to a fraud case in which prosecutors accused Lai and a business partner of having breached a commercial rental contract when Lai’s now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper allowed a consulting firm that he ran to use some space in the building.
The lease stipulated that the space was to be used exclusively for publishing and printing.
What did the Hong Kong court say?
In its decision, the appeals court wrote that…
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