Hong Kong media tycoon found guilty over banned Tiananmen vigil

Jimmy Lai and two others charged for taking part and inciting others to join

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Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, looks on as he leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van, in Hong Kong in February. © Reuters

STELLA WONG and PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writers

HONG KONG -- Media tycoon Jimmy Lai and two other pro-democracy activists were found guilty in a Hong Kong court on Thursday over their roles in an unauthorized Tiananmen vigil last year.

Lai, barrister Chow Hang-tung and pro-democracy activist Gwenyth Ho were charged with participating and inciting others to join the annual candlelight commemoration of the bloody 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

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