Chinanews.com, April 28. According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, the leader of the chaos, Li Zhiying, the founder of Next Media Group, and Huang Weiqiang, the executive director, were suspected of violating the lease agreement by concealing from the Science and Technology Park to allow the consulting company to use the Next Media Building, receiving nearly 19.8 million yuan in rent. Income, charged with fraud, the case in the District Court on the 27th.
The prosecution revised the charges. Jimmy Lai was charged with one more crime of fraud, and the case was adjourned to May 3 for retrial.
Another defendant in the same case, Zhou Daquan, the chief operating officer of Next Media, will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis, and the case will be adjourned to July 21 for further arraignment.
After the trial, the prosecution submitted a revised charge and an additional charge of fraud against Jimmy Lai, that is, Jimmy Lai faces two counts of fraud.
The amended charges allege that from January 1, 2016 to May 19, 2020, Jimmy Lai and Wong Wai Keung, together with Chow Ta-quan and others, by deception, concealed from the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation 8, Chun Ying Street, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. The premises of No. , or part thereof, are not used or have been used for the purposes specified in the Second Schedule of the Lease dated 25 May 1999 between Industrial Estate Corporation (now Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation) and Apple Daily Printing Limited use; and falsely represent to HKSTP that the premises or parts thereof are used or have been used for the purposes specified in the Second Schedule to the Lease, with intent to defraud to induce HKSTP to fail to act Enforcement of its rights under the lease results in the benefit of Apple Daily Printing Company Limited and/or Lego Consultants Limited, or the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation suffers or is likely to be disadvantaged.
A new crime of fraud alleges that between April 1, 1998 and December 31, 2015, Jimmy Lai, together with others, concealed the Tseung Kwan O Industrial from the Industrial Estate Company (now the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation) through deception. The premises or part thereof at No. 8 Chun Ying Street, Tsuen was not established on 24 October 1995 by Industrial Estate Corporation and Next Media Printing Co., Ltd. (now Apple Daily Printing Co., Ltd.). The lease agreement entered into, and or for the purposes specified in the Second Schedule of the lease dated 25 May 1999 between the Industrial Estate Corporation and Apple Daily Printing Co., Ltd.; and or to the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park The company falsely represents that the premises or any part thereof is used or has been used for the purposes specified in the proposal proposal, the lease agreement and the Second Schedule to the lease, and with intent to defraud induces HKSTP to fail to take action Its rights under the lease result in the benefit of Apple Daily Printing Limited and/or Ligao Consultants Limited, or the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation suffers or is likely to suffer to a considerable extent.