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Watchdog condemns incarceration of Hong Kong media tycoon
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 5 (ANI): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Friday condemned the arrest and imprisonment of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai after he was denied bail on fraud charges.
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Taiwan refuses to renew pro-China news channel's licence
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], November 19 (ANI): Taiwan on Wednesday refused to renew the licence of a channel widely seen as pro-China citing interference from a Beijing-friendly tycoon, amid China's attempts to win support on the island.
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Business tycoon who criticized Xi Jinping's COVID-19 response jailed for 1
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 22 (ANI): A real-estate tycoon who rebuked Chinese President Xi Jinping for the country's response to Covid-19 pandemic has been sent to jail for 18 years on graft charges.
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Police take Hong Kong media tycoon to his yacht as part of national securi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 11 (ANI): Hong Kong police on Tuesday took media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who was arrested a day earlier under the draconian national security law, to his yacht as part of ongoing investigation.
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Keeping a close watch on grave situation in Hong Kong: Japan
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 11 (ANI): A day after Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was arrested for breaching the national security law, the Japanese government has said that it is keeping a close watch on the situation in Hong Kong.
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O'Brien urges China to repeal national security law, restore Hong Kong's r
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 11 (ANI): A day after Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was arrested for breaching the national security law, US National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien urged China to repeal the national security law and restore Hong Kong's rule of law immediately.
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Pompeo 'troubled' by reports of arrest of Jimmy Lai, says it is further pr
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 11 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Monday said that he was "troubled" by reports of the arrest of Jimmy Lai, a media tycoon and critic of the Chinese Communist Party, under the draconian national security law in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong media tycoon arrested under national security law
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 10 (ANI): Continuing with the ruthless suppression of the dissenting voices in Hong Kong since the national security law was imposed, Jimmy Lai, a media tycoon and critic of the Chinese Communist Party, was arrested on Monday on charges of "collusion with a foreign country".
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Goa Congress questions BJP over proposal for new Raj Bhawan
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Aug 2 (ANI): Since Governor's office is not a party to the proposal of new Raj Bhawan, it needs to be seen whether directions came from Prime Minister's Office or Home Minister Amit Shah or was it some casino tycoon himself who submitted a proposal in this regard to the
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Hong Kong High Court bars media tycoon from travelling to US citing COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 19 (ANI): The Hong Kong High Court has barred founder of pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily Jimmy Lai from travelling to the United States, citing a risk that the 72-year-old media tycoon may contract coronavirus and derail judicial proceeding.
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UK High Court ruling in Mallya's extradition case positive step: Sources
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): After embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya lost an application to appeal in the UK's Supreme Court against his extradition, sources on Thursday termed the development a "positive step" in the process to bring the fugitive businessman back to India.
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Vijay Mallya loses application to appeal against extradition in UK Supreme
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 14 (ANI): Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya has been refused permission to appeal to the UK's highest court against a ruling to extradite him from the United Kingdom to India to face charges of defrauding a consortium of Indian banks of more than Rs 11,000 crore.
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