Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai will not appeal conviction, 20-year sentence, lawyer says
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai will not appeal conviction, 20-year sentence, lawyer says
By Jessie Pang and James PomfretFri, March 6, 2026 at 2:34 AM UTC
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1 / 0FILE PHOTO: Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong KongFILE PHOTO: Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret
March 6 (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai will not appeal against his conviction and 20-year prison sentence for collusion with foreign forces and sedition, his lawyer said on Friday.
A member of Lai's legal team told Reuters on Friday that he would not appeal the sentence that has drawn international criticism from countries including Britain and the U.S.
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Lai, 78, was convicted in December and sentenced in February on two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of publishing seditious materials, ending a legal saga that lasted nearly five years.
A Hong Kong court overturned his fraud conviction and prison sentence in a separate case last month, in a surprise legal decision that came after he was jailed for 20 years.
(Reporting By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret; Writing by Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Michael Perry)
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