A Hong Kong appellate court overturned pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai's fraud conviction on Thursday, quashing his five-year, nine-month sentence after judges found the trial reasoning unsupportable. The ruling slightly reduces Lai's total prison time weeks after he received a 20-year sentence on separate national security charges related to alleged collusion with foreign forces and seditious publishing.
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A Hong Kong appellate court overturned pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai's fraud conviction on Thursday, quashing his five-year, nine-month sentence after judges found the trial reasoning unsupportable. The ruling slightly reduces Lai's total prison time weeks after he received a 20-year sentence on separate national security charges related to alleged collusion with foreign forces and seditious publishing.