Apple Daily Founder Jimmy Lai Pleads Not Guilty of Colluding With Foreign Forces and Might Be Sentenced to Jail for Life

Apple Daily Founder Jimmy Lai Pleads Not Guilty of Colluding With Foreign Forces and Might Be Sentenced to Jail for Life
Jimmy Lai, Apple Daily founder, arrives at the Court of Final Appeal ahead a bail hearing in Hong Kong, on Feb. 9, 2021. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
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Six former Apple Daily executives have been charged with “conspiracy to print, publish, sell, offer to sell, distribute, display or reproduce a seditious publication.”

They are former CEO of Next Media, Cheung Kim-hung; former Vice-President, Law Wai-kwong; former Executive Editor-in-Chief, Lam Man-chung; former English Chief Writer, Lo Fung (pen name); and Chinese Writer, Lee Ping (pen name).