Senior party members previously alleged they had been told to disband or face severe consequences, including possible arrest.

Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, faces life in prison if convicted in his years-long trial on national ...

The pro-democracy activist, 78, has pleaded not guilty to charges of sedition and colluding with foreign forces and faces ...

Lai, 78, the millionaire founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper and one of the most prominent critics of China's ...

A Hong Kong court is scheduled to deliver its verdict Monday in the national security case against media founder and former ...

Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party voted Sunday to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism, marking the end of an era of the Chinese semiautonomous city's once-divers ...

Mr Lai’s case looks likely to establish new precedents both legally and socially. The party’s control centres on a national-security law ( NSL ). It was promulgated by the national parliament in ...

Gunmen killed at least 15 people attending a Jewish celebration at the city’s popular Bondi Beach in what Australian ...

A rags-to-riches tycoon, Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai is a self-styled "troublemaker" who has long been a thorn in ...

The Democratic Party has been Hong Kong’s flagship opposition since its founding three years before the financial hub’s ...

Known for his stocky boxer's build, punchy speech and uncompromising nature, Lai used his fortune to bankroll Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement while his tabloid newspaper, Apple Daily, backed ...

Nov 22 - Six former Apple Daily staff plead guilty to conspiracy to commit collusion with foreign forces. Nov 28 - Hong Kong leader John Lee asks Beijing to rule on its bid to block foreign lawyers ...