The founder of Next Media, Li Zhiying, and the then executive director Huang Weiqiang were involved in the breach of the lease, and Zhou Daquan, the former chief operating officer who turned into a "tainted witness", continued to testify. He revealed that Li Zhiying's American personal assistant, Mark Simon, appeared in about 2000. He was transferred to various departments, including Apple Express and One Animation Studio. Later, he gradually assisted Li Zhiying's personal affairs. In addition, the salary check issued by the group to Mark Simon once amounted to 270,000 yuan.
Worked in various departments of Next Media
Zhou Daquan confessed that Mark Simon was Li Zhiying's personal assistant, and it was reported that the Ligao consultant involved in the case was the general manager.
Zhou pointed out that Mark Simon appeared in Next Media in about 2000. He first worked for Apple Fast Sales, and then Apple Fast Sales closed down, so he was transferred to the advertising business of Apple Daily, and gradually assisted Jimmy Lai in his personal affairs.
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Salary cheque was once as high as 270,000 yuan
In addition, Mark Simon was also the manager of One Animation Studio Limited (which was privatized in 2013) and has been the company secretary and director of the company since 2016.
As a director, he also signed an agreement with Next Media on behalf of the company, whereby Next Animation provided animation production to Next Media.
The court referred to pay cheques for Mark Simon, which ranged from $80,000 to $270,000.
Two defendants: Lai Zhiying (74 years old) and Huang Weiqiang (60 years old), both charged with one count of fraud, and Lai was charged with one more count of fraud, alleging that they had committed crimes from January 1, 2016 to May 19, 2020 During the period, the breach of the lease entered into on May 25, 1999 may bring disadvantage to the Science and Technology Park Company.
Case number: DCCC 349/2021
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