After Li Zhiying, founder of Next Media, was convicted of two counts of fraud, 16 cross-party senators in the US Congress issued a joint statement on October 25, accusing the Chinese Communist Party of using false fraud charges to discredit Li Zhiying.
According to the website of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the 16 accused in a joint statement: "The Chinese Communist Party used false and fraudulent charges to discredit Jimmy Lai to justify a sham trial involving the national security law in December."
The statement described Jimmy Lai as upright and religious, and also pointed out that he was a strong voice for press freedom and democracy.
Convicted in fraud tech park case
Lai Zhiying is accused of defrauding the Science and Technology Park Company when leasing the land in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. The case refers to the Ligao Consultancy Company, which is under his name to manage his family affairs, and has an office in the Apple Building of the Industrial Estate. However, Lai entered into a contract with the Science and Technology Park Company. At the time of the lease, he failed to declare such an arrangement, and he was convicted of two counts of fraud on the 25th and is awaiting sentencing.
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