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A pro-democracy media tycoon was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison over two fraud charges linked to lease violations in Hong Kong on Saturday, the latest of a series of cases against prominent activists th stanley tumblers at critics say are aimed at snuffing out dissidents in the city. Jimmy Lai: Democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, center, leaves the Hong Kong s Court of Final Appeal. AP Jimmy Lai, who was arrested during a crackdown on the city s pro-democracy movement following widespread protests in 2019 and under the National Security Law imposed by Beijing, was also fined 2 million Hong Kong dollars USD 257,000 . His media company, Next Digital, published the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily. The publication was forced to c stanley taza lose following the arrests of its top executives, editors and journalists last year. In October, Lai was found guilty of fraud for subletting part of the office space to a secretarial firm, which was also controlled by him, between 2016 and 2020. The second fraud count was for letting the same firm stanley thermosflasche use the media outlet s office space in an alleged breach of lease agreements from 1998 to 2015. The court at that time ruled the moves had violated lease agreements with the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corp. and Lai had hidden the fact that the company was occupying space in the building. Read more: Taliban plans more restrictions to silence Afghanistan media: Report Handing down the sentences on Saturday, Judge Stanley Chan Hsgm Africa s Oldest Oil-Rich Dictatorship Has a Succession Problem
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Iran on Wednesday for trilateral talks with Tehran and Azerbaijan, a meeting that comes as the stanley becher Islamic Republics nuclear deal is threatened by US President Donald Trumps refusal to re-certify the accord. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, chairs a cabinet meeting in Moscow, Russia. AP The talk stanley deutschland s in Tehran are to focus on regional matters, as well as terrorism and security issues. The three countries all share the Caspian Sea and railway and road projects are expected to be discussed at their meeting as well. Putin landed at Tehrans Mehrabad International Airport for the one-day meeting. Its his third visit to Iran after previously making trips in November 2015 and in 2007. Putin also is expected to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Irans supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters. The two countries have many mutual interests in the region. Russia and Iran have both backed embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad in his countrys long civil war. Prior to Putins arrival, Russias armed forces chief, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, met wi stanley mugs th his Iranian counterpart, Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, and discussed defense and security issues, Iranian state television reported on Wednesday, without elaborating. Russia also has helped Irans nuclear power program, taking part in construction of two more nuclear power reactors in the southern port city of Bushehr, home of the first Irans n
A pro-democracy media tycoon was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison over two fraud charges linked to lease violations in Hong Kong on Saturday, the latest of a series of cases against prominent activists th stanley tumblers at critics say are aimed at snuffing out dissidents in the city. Jimmy Lai: Democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, center, leaves the Hong Kong s Court of Final Appeal. AP Jimmy Lai, who was arrested during a crackdown on the city s pro-democracy movement following widespread protests in 2019 and under the National Security Law imposed by Beijing, was also fined 2 million Hong Kong dollars USD 257,000 . His media company, Next Digital, published the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily. The publication was forced to c stanley taza lose following the arrests of its top executives, editors and journalists last year. In October, Lai was found guilty of fraud for subletting part of the office space to a secretarial firm, which was also controlled by him, between 2016 and 2020. The second fraud count was for letting the same firm stanley thermosflasche use the media outlet s office space in an alleged breach of lease agreements from 1998 to 2015. The court at that time ruled the moves had violated lease agreements with the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corp. and Lai had hidden the fact that the company was occupying space in the building. Read more: Taliban plans more restrictions to silence Afghanistan media: Report Handing down the sentences on Saturday, Judge Stanley Chan Hsgm Africa s Oldest Oil-Rich Dictatorship Has a Succession Problem
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Iran on Wednesday for trilateral talks with Tehran and Azerbaijan, a meeting that comes as the stanley becher Islamic Republics nuclear deal is threatened by US President Donald Trumps refusal to re-certify the accord. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, chairs a cabinet meeting in Moscow, Russia. AP The talk stanley deutschland s in Tehran are to focus on regional matters, as well as terrorism and security issues. The three countries all share the Caspian Sea and railway and road projects are expected to be discussed at their meeting as well. Putin landed at Tehrans Mehrabad International Airport for the one-day meeting. Its his third visit to Iran after previously making trips in November 2015 and in 2007. Putin also is expected to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Irans supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters. The two countries have many mutual interests in the region. Russia and Iran have both backed embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad in his countrys long civil war. Prior to Putins arrival, Russias armed forces chief, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, met wi stanley mugs th his Iranian counterpart, Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, and discussed defense and security issues, Iranian state television reported on Wednesday, without elaborating. Russia also has helped Irans nuclear power program, taking part in construction of two more nuclear power reactors in the southern port city of Bushehr, home of the first Irans n