Officers from the anticorruption agency in Hong Kong searched the home of the media tycoon Jimmy Lai on Thursday morning, a month after leaked documents suggested that he had made substantial donations to local pro-democracy parties and politicians.
Mr. Lai is an outspoken supporter of the democracy movement in Hong Kong, whose newspaper, Apple Daily, is frequently critical of the Chinese government.
Besides Mr. Lai’s house, the agency also searched the apartment of his top aide, Mark Simon. The office and the apartment of Lee Cheuk-yan, a legislator who received donations from Mr. Lai, were also searched Thursday morning.
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Alan Wong, New York Times via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1C9nN3q
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