Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai asks staff to 'fight on', says 'can't let people down'

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who was recently released on bail, has asked his reporters to “Keep Fighting.” Lai, a media mogul and pro-democracy supporter was arrested on August 10, for flouting national security law but was released after a few hours on bail.

'Difficult to run media business' 

Lai, who owns media company Next Digital and popular newspaper Apple Daily, spoke to reporters in a Facebook Live session. In his inspiring dress, he asked his staff to staff to continue filing kind of ‘unvarnished dispatches’ that have infuriated China and pro-Beijing politicians in Hong Kong. He also quipped that it was becoming increasingly difficult to run a media business in Hong Kong. Talking about his arrest, he ded that “luckily” he wasn’t sent back to mainland.

"Fight on! Let's fight on. We have support of Hong Kong people. We can't let m down," he said.

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On August 10,  Hong Kong police stormed offices of Lai’s Apple Daily newspaper and arrested media mogul over suspected collusion with foreign forces. Lai is founder of Giorda, an Asian clothing retailer; Next Digital, a Hong Kong-listed media company; and popular pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily. 

71-year-old entrepreneur has been a vocal critic of authoritarian Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime and has been one of main contributors to pro-democracy camp. Lai has often termed CCP rule as “murderous regime” and recently echoed prominent activist Joshua Wong call to Hong Kong officials and ir family members to sell off ir overseas properties and reunce foreign nationalities to show absolute loyalty to Xi Jinping.

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