Apple Daily Founder Jimmy Lai ‘Arrested’ for Joining Occupy Protests, Later Walks Free

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai got off scot-free for participating in the 79-day long pro-democracy street protests last year.
Apple Daily Founder Jimmy Lai ‘Arrested’ for Joining Occupy Protests, Later Walks Free
Outspoken media tycoon Jimmy Lai talks to the media after walking out of the Wanchai police station in Hong Kong on Jan. 21, 2015. Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images
Larry Ong
Journalist
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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai got off scot-free for participating in the 79-day long pro-democracy protests last year.

Lai, the founder of Next Media—one of Hong Kong’s largest media companies—and Apple Daily showed up at police headquarters on Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. local time (8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard time, Tuesday) to turn himself in.

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Larry Ong
Larry Ong
Journalist
Larry Ong is a New York-based journalist with Epoch Times. He writes about China and Hong Kong. He is also a graduate of the National University of Singapore, where he read history.
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