Hong Kong authorities have filed an application to confiscate properties linked to former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying's crimes under Hong Kong's national security laws. Lai was sentenced in a separate case.

The government has filed an application to confiscate properties linked to crimes committed by former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying in accordance with Hong Kong’s national security laws. A government spokesman on Thursday also said the application filed with the Court of First Instance aimed to achieve the “important objectives of preventing and suppressing acts and activities endangering national security”. Lai, 78, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily tabloid-style newspaper was sentenced.....