"Apple Daily" attracted public criticism in 1998 for a report about a woman who jumped off a building after pushing her children out the window. The woman's husband was widely reported to have little remorse for the deaths of his wife and children. "Apple Daily" published a photo of the man with two prostitutes soon after the deaths. It was then revealed that the newspaper had paid the man to pose for the photograph, for which "Apple Daily" issued an apology after public outcry. In the same year, "Apple Daily" ran a front-page article claiming that lawyer Jessie Chu Siu Kuk-yuen absconded more than of clients' money her law firm. "Apple Daily" was ordered by a court to pay Chu more than in damages for defamation. In 2000, an "Apple Daily" reporter was sentenced to 10 months in jail for bribing police officers for information on criminal cases.