Hong Kong Top Court Upholds Jimmy Lai’s Protest Conviction
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Hong Kong’s highest court upheld former media mogul Jimmy Lai’s conviction for joining a banned pro-democracy protest, a move that comes as the city’s judiciary faces increased scrutiny due to a string of departures by foreign judges.
The Court of Final Appeal on Monday unanimously dismissed the request from Lai and six former lawmakers who were seeking to have their convictions for joining an unlawful demonstration in August 2019 overturned. A lower court earlier had cleared the seven of a charge of organizing that rally but upheld their guilty verdict for participating in it.