Hong Kong hears from jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai for the first time in four years at his trial
Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious Hong Kong media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, took the stand Wednesday in his own defense for the first time in a high stakes national security trial that could send him to prison for life.
Jimmy Lai, 76, was first arrested in August 2020 under China’s newly instituted Hong Kong national security law.
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Hong Kong tells Donald Trump to shut up about the jailed publisher.
This silence, not only in the case of Lai but in the face of all China’s human rights abuses, is also aimed at preserving a ...
Lai, one of the most influential pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong, is accused of colluding with foreign forces.
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