Hong Kong media tycoon, Jimmy Lai, was remanded into custody on Thursday December 3, after being charged with fraud over a charge relating to the illegal use of his company's premises.
Lai is the
owner of Hong Kong tabloid and founder of Next Digital Media which publishes
Apple Daily, a well-read tabloid that is frequently critical of Hong Kong and
mainland Chinese leadership. He will be held on remand until his next court
date in April next year.
He and two
Next Digital Media executives were charged on Wednesday night when making a
regular reporting appearance to police over their previous arrests in August
under the national security law.
The
executives, chief operating officer Royston Chow Tat-Kuen, and chief
administrative officer Wong Wai-Keung were released on bail on Thursday, while
Lai was denied bail because he was deemed an "absconding risk",
according to local reports.
The trio are
accused of breaching land-lease terms by misusing Next Digital’s office space
in Tseung Kwan O for other purposes.
It comes a
day after three prominent pro-democracy activists, Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and
Ivan Lam were jailed for their activism
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