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Hong Kong Next Media announced today (29) that, effective immediately, Li Zhiying, the founder of Next Media, has resigned as chairman of the board and chief executive officer and will be replaced by the current non-executive director Ye Yijian.
According to reports tonight in Hong Kong’s “Hong Kong Apple Daily” and other Hong Kong media, Next Media announced that Li Zhiying will step down as chairman and chief executive officer from now on to have more time to deal with his personal affairs. . CEO Ye Yijian took over as chairman of the board of directors.
According to a Hong Kong 01 report, Ye Yijian was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Next Media in June 2016 and served as a director of various subsidiaries of the company. He has worked in the journalism industry for more than 40 years and before joining Next Media in 1995, he worked in various newspapers. In addition, Ye Yijian also served as CEO and CEO of the company, responsible for overseeing newspapers, magazines, and printing businesses in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and is also president of Apple Daily.
Next Media founder Li Zhiying was charged with conspiring to defraud Hong Kong Science and Technology Park Company by a senior Next Media Group official. He has been detained since his appearance in court on December 3. The security offense “was finally granted bail on the 23rd for 10 million Hong Kong dollars. However, the Hong Kong Department of Justice immediately appealed to the Hong Kong Final Court of Appeal on the 24th to request arrest. Li Zhiying The Court of Final Appeal will process the custody request from the Hong Kong Department of Justice on the 31st.
After Li Zhiying was released on bail, the official Chinese Communist Party media “People’s Daily” and Hong Kong Pro-Central Left News recently bombarded Judge Li Yunteng’s decision to approve Li Zhiying’s bail with reviews and social articles, stressing that Li’s bail “seriously undermines the authority of Hong Kong’s national security law,” the National Security Agency intervened. The “Ta Kung Pao” even warned that if the judicial personnel of the special zone “selectively” follow the “National Security Law”, “it will inevitably cause serious consequences”, prompting external discussions.
Zhong Jianhua, deputy executive director of the Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion, said the official media of the Communist Party of China has repeatedly criticized Li Zhiying’s decision to “put pressure on the Hong Kong court.” Therefore, Li Zhiying is likely to be detained again on the 31st and it is more likely that he will be sent to Judgment from China.
Zhong Jianhua also noted that Li Zhiying’s case was “killing chickens and monkeys” to warn other media and commentators of “the consequences of violating the National Security Law.”
The Hong Kong Bar Association wrote to Attorney General Zheng Ruohua, telling him that it believed the Attorney General, as an important guardian in upholding the rule of law, would take appropriate steps and stand firm to uphold judicial independence. .
Senior attorney Tang Jiahua also testified on the Commercial Channel show that Li Zhiying was granted bail, and he personally did not see that the judge handling the case violated legal principles. Ask the Hong Kong government to allow the courts to hear cases in an independent judicial system and not to use political angles or methods to resolve controversial issues.
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