{"id":292065,"date":"2022-10-28T07:40:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T02:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=292065"},"modified":"2022-10-28T07:40:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T02:40:21","slug":"us-condemns-fraud-conviction-of-hong-kong-media-tycoon-lai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/us-condemns-fraud-conviction-of-hong-kong-media-tycoon-lai\/","title":{"rendered":"US condemns fraud conviction of Hong Kong media tycoon Lai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> WASHINGTON<br \/>\nThe United States has slammed the fraud conviction of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, warning that the Chinese territory\u2019s human rights protections are deteriorating and its once-vibrant press \u201chas all but disappeared\u201d.<br \/>\nLai\u2019s conviction on Tuesday is the latest in a slew of cases against the former owner of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily.<br \/>\nState Department spokesman Ned Price said on Wednesday that Washington condemned Lai\u2019s conviction on \u201cspurious fraud charges\u201d, saying such efforts to stifle press freedoms undermine China\u2019s international obligations to uphold Hong Kong\u2019s high degree of autonomy and hurt the territory\u2019s credibility as a business hub.<br \/>\n\u201cWe remain deeply concerned about the deterioration in protection for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the systematic dismantling of Hong Kong\u2019s autonomy under the National Security Law\u201d imposed by the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC), Price said in a statement.<br \/>\n\u201cWe urge PRC authorities to restore respect for press freedom in Hong Kong,\u201d Price said.<br \/>\nLai and two former Apple Daily executives, Wong Wai-keung and Chow Tat-kuen, were accused of breaching the terms of a lease they signed with a government company for Apple Daily office space.<br \/>\nLai, 74, was already behind bars over his role in huge democracy protests that swept through Hong Kong three years ago. 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