In this episode of “ATL:NOW,” I sit down with Simon Lee, an economics writer and a former executive of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper, to discuss the Hong Kong government’s attempts to get the iconic Hong Kong protest song “Glory to Hong Kong” removed from various platforms like Google, YouTube, and Apple. What is left…

In this episode of “ATL:NOW,” I sit down with Simon Lee, an economics writer and a former executive of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper, to discuss the Hong Kong government’s attempts to get the iconic Hong Kong protest song “Glory to Hong Kong” removed from various platforms like Google, YouTube, and Apple. What is left…

HONG KONG—A Hong Kong appeal court on Monday blocked jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s bid to challenge in the city’s highest court a warrant obtained by national security police to scrutinize the contents of his mobile phones. Lai, 75, is the founder of the now shut pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and is due to face…

International nonprofit organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has initiated a joint petition demanding the Hong Kong government immediately release pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying. The signature campaign to #FreeJimmyLai received support from 116 internationally renowned publishers and editors-in-chief in 42 countries, including Maria Ressa, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Philippines online…

The assets of a former pro-democracy media in Hong Kong are up for public auction. Apple Daily was raided by police on Aug. 10, 2020, after the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law.  It was forced to cease operation after authorities froze the assets of company CEO Jimmy Lai on Jun. 17, 2021….

Sebastien Lai, together and his international legal team, are lobbying for the British Government to intervene and secure the release of his father, Jimmy Lai. The former Next Media founder and Apple Daily CEO has been in a Hong Kong prison for two years, mostly without bail. The Hong Kong National Security Law continues to…

Commentary How many British cultures did Hong Kong acquire? As a former British colony, Hong Kong once acquired its common law system and the rule of law, but the encroachment by the national security law changed everything, producing a lot of wrongful convictions and political prosecutions. British humor, another national treasure, had not been taken…

The global legal team of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Next Media, who has been imprisoned for two years to date, proposed to meet with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urgently, hoping to discuss ways to ensure Lai’s release. The British Prime Minister’s spokesperson confirmed on Jan. 10 that Lai’s legal team met with Anne-Marie…

Chung Pui-kuen, former editor-in-chief of Stand News, which ceased operation at the end of 2021, was granted bail on Dec. 13. He was arrested at the end of December 2021 and held in custody for nearly a year. The prosecution submitted over 1,000 pages of undisclosed documents for the first time last month during Chung’s trial….

Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of the now-dissolved Next Digital Media Group, was convicted of fraud and sentenced to five years and nine months of imprisonment on Dec. 10 for using a small part of a media office for his private consultancy business. This ruling is in addition to his earlier conviction for unlawful assembly and…