National security law/HK

Father of Hong Kong activist sentenced to 8 months in jail under national security law

FILE PHOTO: Kwok Yin-sang, father of wanted U.S.-based activist Anna Kwok, arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building in Hong Kong, China, February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai wins appeal in fraud case

Media mogul Jimmy Lai in 2020. He was sentenced in December 2022 to five years and nine months in jail.

Court upholds jailing of 12 activists in 'Hong Kong 47' subversion case

Police stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts as twelve pro-democracy activists appeal their convictions and sentences in a landmark national security case, in Hong Kong, China, February 23, 2026. REUTERS/Jessie Pang

Who are the jailed Hong Kong democrats who challenged their subversion convictions?

Ousted pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, also known as 'Long Hair' reacts before entering the High Court to hear the sentence for his appeal.

Hong Kong activist’s father convicted under national security law over insurance policy

Kwok Yin-sang, father of wanted U.S.-based activist Anna Kwok, arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building in Hong Kong, China, February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

China releases policy paper on national security in Hong Kong after Jimmy Lai sentencing

A prison van believed to be carrying Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, leaves the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building following sentencing in his national security collusion trial, in Hong Kong, China, February 9, 2026. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

China hails HK tycoon Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail term in national security case as West denounces it

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was led into a police van as he headed to court to be charged under the territory's controversial new national security law in Hong Kong on Dec 12, 2020.

After years-long legal battle, Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrives at day of sentencing

Media mogul Jimmy Lai was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces on Dec 15, and one count of publishing seditious materials.

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai to be sentenced on Feb 9

Hong Kong media tycoon and democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai, who pleaded not guilty to all the charges, faces possible life imprisonment.

Timeline: Hong Kong’s squeeze on Tiananmen crackdown commemorations

Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan arrives at Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre by prison van after being sentenced for unauthorised assembly, in Hong Kong, China April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

E-paper

Newsletters

Podcasts

RSS Feed

About Us

Terms & Conditions

Privacy Policy

Need help? Reach us here.

Advertise with us

MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.