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.
‘My father stayed to defend his people’: Jimmy Lai’s son condemns ‘show trial’ in Hong Kong
As pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai faces a potential life sentence in the high-stakes national security case in Hong Kong, his son Sebastien Lai has denounced the proceedings as a politically motivated “show trial” driven by a China-led crackdown on dissent.
Jimmy Lai, 76, was first arrested in August 2020 under China’s newly instituted Hong Kong national security law.
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Mr. Lai spoke when his trial resumed Wednesday after the prosecution had wrapped up its case in July. The government has good ...
Lai, one of the most influential pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong, is accused of colluding with foreign forces.
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