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...Jimmy Lai believed in “delivering freedom through media”....
...The US, UK and European parliament have called for Lai’s release, with UK foreign secretary David Cameron saying he was “gravely concerned” about Lai’s “politically motivated prosecution”....
...A stake would give FTX/Alameda access to banking services and sources of liquidity,” said Carlton Lai, an analyst at Daiwa Capital Markets....
...The bill “is a way to enhance the symbolism of national security prevailing [over] every policy directive . . . in Hong Kong”, said Eric Lai, a research fellow at the Georgetown Center for Asian Law....
...Many of the city’s leading democrats are Catholic, including media mogul Jimmy Lai, who is on trial for alleged national security crimes, barrister Martin Lee and Joseph Zen, former bishop of Hong Kong....
...Lai Ming Yii, research manager at Beijing-based Daxue Consultancy, said young consumers were “choosing to be single” for professional and academic development and because they lacked the financial resources...
...Big read: Chan Ho-him writes about how China’s slowdown is deepening Hong Kong’s existential crisis....
...Lai, who is in his 50s, plans to move to the city of Zhaoqing in Guangdong province when he retires....
...“I think the regulators will look back and see that they should have clamped down on non-licensed players on day one, when the licensing regime went live,” said Carlton Lai, head of blockchain research at...
...Hong Kong has also barred foreign lawyers from representing defendants in national security cases after media mogul Jimmy Lai hired a UK barrister to defend him against national security charges....
...The change came after Hong Kong’s government fought to block jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai from hiring British barrister Timothy Owen to defend him in a national security case....
...Carlton Lai, head of blockchain research at Daiwa Capital Markets, said that OTC stores were primarily used as simple ways to on-and-off ramp money to unlicensed online exchanges....
...Sixteen of the defendants, including Leung and Ho, pleaded not guilty during Monday’s hearing. “I have committed no crime,” Leung told the court....
...The group’s restructuring was complicated by the state’s decision to execute Lai Xiaomin, the former Huarong chair, in 2021 after he was found guilty of taking $280mn in bribes....
...Owen holds an employment visa to work in the Chinese territory on another case, according to Lai’s lawyers, but he could not represent Lai in his case if he did not receive an extension from the local immigration...
...Financial services industry executives are alarmed that opposition leaders have been jailed or have fled the city, and business figures — such as media tycoon and vocal Chinese Communist party critic Jimmy Lai...
...Apple Daily folded in June last year after police froze its assets, arrested Lai and other senior employees and raided its newsroom....
...“This is . . . a blow to the city’s top court as it is assumed to have the power of final adjudication,” said Eric Yan-Ho Lai, Hong Kong law fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Asian Law....
...“I missed the night view of Victoria Harbour the most,” said Peter Yin, 25, an IT engineer in Shenzhen who is visiting a friend for two days....
...Carlton Lai, head of blockchain and cryptocurrency research at Daiwa Capital Markets in Hong Kong, said the initial $79mn raised was lower than expected....
...“This kind of regulation [in Hong Kong], this kind of positive development, I think we have been waiting for [it for] five years,” said Lennix Lai, director of financial markets at OKX, a crypto exchange...
...It was 2am in Hong Kong when Lennix Lai’s phone buzzed. A top executive at rival crypto exchange OKX, Lai picked up to find Bankman-Fried on the other end of the line....
...Lai was recently denied a jury trial....
...association in June passed a motion to lower the threshold for its possible disbandment, following the closure of pro-democracy news outlets such as Apple Daily, which was founded by media mogul Jimmy Lai...
...Sure, I enjoyed varieties such as Tie Guan Yin (Iron Buddha) and Longjing (Dragon Well) as palate-cleansers with dim sum, or stole sips from my father’s brews at home....
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