Shortlived freedom: Lai, flanked by his lawyers, leaving the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong. — AFP
HONG KONG: Media tycoon Jimmy Lai was remanded in custody again after the city’s Court of Final Appeal granted prosecutors permission to appeal against his bail, which a High Court judge had granted him last week.
Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma and justices Roberto Ribeiro and Andrew Cheung will hear the appeal on Feb 1.
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