Jimmy Lai, the 76-year-old founder of Next Digital media, and three of his media companies are facing accusations of national security violations and inciting publications in violation of Hong Kong's National Security Law.
The prosecution presented evidence in court, including written statements from law enforcement officers, revealing that over HK$100 million was transferred to Mark Simon, allegedly for the benefit of pro-democracy individuals, over an eight-year period.
It was found that a significant portion of the deposits into Simon's bank account came from Jimmy Lai, with around HK$118 million transferred from 2013 to 2020. Approximately HK$93 million of these funds were then distributed across 72 transactions to various pro-democracy figures and parties.
The article also mentions that one of the defendants in a separate border-crossing case, Andy Li, received substantial payments, including three transfers totaling over HK$1.2 million. Another defendant, Chan Tsz-wah, received over HK$250,000 from sources including Jimmy Lai and Mark Simon.
The charges against the defendants include conspiracy to publish seditious publications and conspiring to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security. Jimmy Lai faces an additional individual charge of conspiracy in the same context.
黎智英被指违反国家安全 向马克·西蒙转账逾亿港元
李嘉誠，76歲，Next Digital 媒體的創辦人，及其三家媒體公司被指控違反香港國家安全法，涉嫌侵犯國家安全，並煽動出版物。
檢方在法庭上提交了證據，包括執法人員的書面陳述，揭示了在八年期間，超過1億港元被轉到馬克·西蒙的帳戶，據稱是為了支持親民主派人士。
發現有相當大比例的存款來自李嘉誠，從2013年到2020年，大約有1.18億港元被轉帳給西蒙。其中約9300萬港元在72筆交易中分散給不同的親民主派人士和政黨。
文章還提到，在一宗獨立的越境案中，被告之一的李某收到了大筆款項，包括三筆總額超過120萬港元的轉帳。另一名被告陳子華從李嘉誠和馬克·西蒙等來源收到了超過25萬港元。
被告面臨的指控包括陰謀發布煽動性出版物，以及陰謀與外國勢力串謀，危害國家安全。李嘉誠還面臨額外的個人指控，涉及相同的陰謀。
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