Defunct Apple Daily Ordered to Pay HK$1.5 Million in Defamation Lawsuit
A Hong Kong court has ordered the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper to pay HK$1.5 million to a couple in a defamation lawsuit. The ruling pertains to articles published in 2019.
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Hong Kong court orders defunct Apple Daily to pay HK$1.5 million over defamatory articles
A Hong Kong court has ordered the defunct Apple Daily newspaper to pay HK$1.5 million in damages to a listed company and two senior executives over 10 defamatory articles that accused them of spying on the city’s pro-democracy activists at Beijing’s behest. In a written judgment delivered on Tuesday, the High Court ruled against former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s flagship publication after the outlet – taken over by liquidators following a government petition in 2021 – presented no evide...
By Brian Wong
Read full article →Hong Kong court orders now-defunct Apple Daily to pay HK$1.5 million to couple in defamation lawsuit over 2019 articles
A Hong Kong court has ordered the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily to pay HK$1.5 million in damages to a couple that sued the outlet for defamation over articles published in 2019. The defamation suit was lodged by listed company China Innovation Investment Limited, its chairperson Xiang Xin, and his wife Kung Ching against Apple […]
By Hillary Leung
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