Apple Daily Limited winding-up petition adjourned to February next year pending conclusion of criminal case
蘋果日報有限公司遭入稟申請清盤 押後明年2月再訊待刑事案審結
Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and three companies related to Apple Daily have been charged with offences including conspiracy to collude with a foreign country. The case is being tried. Next Digital Limited was formally ordered to be wound up by the High Court in December 2021, while two creditors filed a petition in the High Court seeking an order to wind up its subsidiary, Apple Daily Limited. The case was dealt with in the High Court on Wednesday (6th). The petitioners applied to adjourn the case pending the conclusion of Apple’s criminal national security case, saying that the company still had assets but that they were temporarily frozen, and that the trial outcome might affect those assets. The petitioners also disclosed that the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund Board had provided ex gratia payments to more than 600 employees. Master Ho Chin-pang ultimately adjourned the case to 12 February 2025 for a further hearing.
壹傳媒創辦人黎智英與《蘋果日報》3 間相關公司，被控「串謀勾結外國勢力」等罪，案件正在審理。壹傳媒有限公司於 2021 年 12 月被高等法院正式頒令清盤，旗下的「蘋果日報有限公司」，則被兩名債權人在高等法院提出呈請，要求頒令清盤。 案件周三（6 日）於高等法院處理，呈請方申請押後案件待「蘋果」的刑事國安案審結，指公司其實仍有資產，但暫時被凍結，而審訊結果或會影響相關資產。呈請方又透露，破產欠薪保障基金委員會已為超過 600 名員工提供特惠款項。聆案官何展鵬最終押後案件至 2025 年 2 月 12 日再訊。