Hong Kong Ex-media Mogul Jimmy Lai Will Not Appeal National Security Conviction, Legal Team Says

HK Current AffairsJimmy Lai walks through the Stanley prison in Hong Kong on July 28, 2023. Louise Delmotte/AP PhotoThe Associated Press3/7/2026|Updated: 3/7/20260:00HONG KONG—Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai will not appeal the national security conviction for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month, his legal team said Friday.Lai, an outspoken critic of China’s ruling Communist Party who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily, was found guilty in December of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles.