Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai had his bail revoked after prosecutors managed to ask the city’s higher court to send him back to prison.
Lai was bailed on December 23, after three weeks in custody on charges of fraud and national security risk. Your appeal hearing is scheduled for February 1.
The court said on Thursday that it was “reasonably debatable” that the previous judge’s decision was wrong and that the bail order was invalid.
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Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media mogul, arrives at the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Thursday, December 31, 2020. Hong Kong government prosecutors appeal against Lai’s bail. Lai received bail on December 23, almost three weeks after being detained in custody for fraud and national security-related charges. (AP Photo / Kin Cheung)
Lai was charged with fraud on December 3 for allegedly violating the terms for renting an office space for Next Digital, the media company he founded. He was later charged again on December 12 under the broad national security law imposed by Beijing on suspicion of collusion with foreign forces and putting national security at risk.
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Lai is among a series of pro-democracy activists and supporters arrested by Hong Kong police in recent months, while officials have stepped up their crackdown on dissidents in semi-autonomous Chinese territory.