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Charge Dropped Against Ex-Apple Daily Executive

A Hong Kong court has dropped a charge against the former financial chief of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s flagship media company after he testified for the prosecution against his former employer in a fraud trial. The ruling came after the Court of Appeal quashed the former media mogul's fraud conviction, finding the prosecution had failed to prove a 'false representation'.

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