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Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai provided ‘guiding principles’ for Apple Daily’s selection of contributors and articles, court hears
- Continuing his testimony, former editorial writer Yeung Ching-kee says Lai’s ‘viewpoints were my guiding principles for writing and selecting articles’
- Witness was asked to explain Apple Daily’s approach to commentary pieces after the city’s adoption of Beijing-decreed national security law in 2020
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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying provided the “guiding principles” for his now-defunct Apple Daily tabloid’s selection of contributors and articles for publication after the national security law took effect four years ago, a former editorial writer has said.
Defendant-turned prosecution witness Yeung Ching-kee also said on Tuesday the tycoon approved of United States sanctions on mainland Chinese and Hong Kong officials and believed they were a testament to the Americans’ support for the city.
Yeung continued his testimony on the 38th day of the mogul’s national security trial, where the witness was asked to explain Apple Daily’s approach to commentary pieces after the city’s adoption of the Beijing-decreed national security law in 2020.
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Lai has pleaded not guilty in West Kowloon Court to two conspiracy charges of collusion with foreign forces and a third count of conspiracy to print and distribute seditious publications.
Yeung said Lai’s articles published in his personal column in Apple Daily could “very truly reflect his views and stances” because nobody in the newsroom “dared to revise” them.
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