Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai cleared of threatening reporter from rival Hong Kong newspaper | South China Morning Post

A Hong Kong court on September 3, 2020, acquitted media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying of criminal intimidation. Prosecutors had alleged Lai, founder of the Apple Daily newspaper, intimidated a reporter from rival publication Oriental Daily. The reporter claimed the incident happened in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on June…

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