Wong Wai-keung

Wong Wai-keung is the former financial chief of Apple Daily, a now-defunct Hong Kong tabloid newspaper owned by Jimmy Lai Chee-ying. He gained recent notoriety after testifying for the prosecution against his former employer, Jimmy Lai, in a fraud trial related to the operation of a consultancy office within Apple Daily. Following his testimony, a charge against Wong Wai-keung was dropped. This development is newsworthy because it coincides with the recent appeal and quashing of Jimmy Lai's fraud conviction by the Hong Kong Court of Appeal. The court found that the prosecution failed to prove Lai had made a “false representation.” Wong's role as a prosecution witness is significant in the context of Lai's legal battles and the broader political climate surrounding press freedom in Hong Kong.