Court orders defunct Apple Daily to pay HK$1.5 million over defamatory articles
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Tue, 18 August 2026
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A Hong Kong court has ordered the defunct Apple Daily newspaper to pay HK$1.5 million (US$191,200) in damages to a listed company and two senior executives over 10 defamatory articles that accused them of spying on the city’s pro-democracy activists at Beijing’s behest. In a written judgment delivered on Tuesday, the High Court ruled against former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s flagship publication after the outlet – taken over by liquidators following a government petition in 2021 –...