Jimmy Lai convicted and awaiting sentencing; judgment says he understood IPAC’s operations and was not credible, while IPAC says it never worked with him
黎智英罪成候判 判詞指黎了解IPAC運作、供詞不可信 IPAC發聲明指從未合作
Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai was found guilty on Monday (15th) in his national security case. During the trial, Lai testified that he did not know the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC). The judge cited reports, messages and Twitter posts in rebuttal, saying Lai understood how IPAC operated and had received information about its activities through its founder, and found Lai not credible. (See report.) IPAC said in a statement that Lai had been wrongly accused of participating in its activities, and that an IPAC member had even been listed as a co-conspirator in the case. It stressed that the organisation had never worked with Lai and condemned the verdict as unjust. The HKSAR Government said in a statement on Monday that, after the conviction judgment in the Lai case was handed down, various US and Western countries, anti-China media outlets, organisations and politicians had completely disregarded the rule of law and made various untrue and defamatory statements, expressing strong dissatisfaction and opposition.
壹傳媒創辦人黎智英國安案，周一（15 日）被裁定罪成。黎在審訊供稱不認識「對中政策跨國議會聯盟」（IPAC），法官引述報道、訊息、Twitter 帖文反駁，指黎了解 IPAC 運作，並透過創辦人收到活動資料，裁定黎不可信。（見報道） IPAC 發聲明指，黎被錯誤指控曾參與 IPAC 的活動，甚至有 IPAC 成員在案中被列為串謀者，強調組織從未與黎合作，譴責裁決不公。特區政府周一發稿指，多個美西方國家、反華媒體、組織及政客，在頒下黎智英案定罪判決後，完全無視法治精神，作出種種失實言論和污衊抹黑，表示強烈不滿和反對。