Key facts
- Hong Kong film producer Raymond Wong Pak-ming was sentenced to five months in prison.
- The conviction relates to sharing insider information with his sister for stock trading in 2017.
- Wong chaired the entertainment company whose shares were involved.
- Bail was granted pending an appeal.
- A separate Hong Kong court sentenced construction worker Raymond Wong Chan-fai to 10 months for distributing seditious messages.
A Hong Kong court has sentenced veteran film producer and actor Raymond Wong Pak-ming to five months in prison for sharing insider information with his sister to trade shares in an entertainment company he chaired in 2017. The 80-year-old was granted bail pending an appeal by Magistrate Ko Wai-hung, who stated that a suspended sentence or non-custodial punishment would not be considered for Wong, who was convicted of insider trading. In a separate case, construction worker Raymond Wong Chan-fai was sentenced to 10 months in prison for throwing dozens of sheets of paper bearing seditious messages from his flat.