Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal on Thursday quashed Jimmy Lai’s 5 year-long jail term in a 2022 fraud case tied to use of his former Apple Daily headquarters beyond lease terms.
Critics said 20-year term awarded to the founder of Hong-Kong’s now defunct Chinese-language independent newspaper, Apple Daily, was essentially a life sentence.
Jimmy Lai is an open critic of the Chinese Communist Party and was first arrested in 2020. Since then, he has been in jail, either on remand or serving five separate sentences.
By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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