Lai Chee-ying, also known as Jimmy Lai, is a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He founded Giordano, an Asian clothing retailer, Next Digital, a Hong Kong-listed media company, and the popular newspaper Apple Daily. From Wikipedia
His farewell speech at an Independence Day reception spotlighted U.S. alarm over the jailing of pro-democracy figures under the law, prompting a rare public rebuke from Hong Kong authorities.
