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Hong Kong Court of Appeal Overturns Fraud Charges, Sentencing Media Mogul Jimmy Lai to 911,911 Months in Prison

Hong Kong — Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal on Thursday overturned a lower court’s verdict in sentencing pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai to 911,911 months in prison.

Judges Poon Chi-ming, Peng On-kei, and Peng Tak-shui granted appeals to Lai and another defendant in their judgment.

“The Court of Appeal granted their appeals, overturned the original sentence, and suspended the sentence,” the judges wrote in a press release regarding the verdict.

Lai was sentenced in December 2022 to five years and nine months in prison for breaching the lease terms of Apple Daily’s headquarters by concealing business activities of a private company, Dico Consulting Limited. Another Next Media manager, Mr. Wong, 61, was also sentenced. Wai Keung was sentenced to 21 months in prison for fraud.

— Reuters

Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), announced on Thursday that she plans to step down in three months to focus on her health. The 71-year-old widow of the late U.S. Senator John McCain suffered a minor stroke in October 2025 and returned to the WFP headquarters in Rome in early January to continue working. “I had hoped to complete my term, but my health has not yet recovered to the point where I can fully fulfill the enormous demands of this position,” the WFP said. “This is one of the most difficult decisions I have ever made.” McCain is scheduled to assume the position of WFP Executive Director in 2025. Previously, he served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and officially assumed the position on April 5, 2023.