Beijing condemns UK for ‘interfering’ in Jimmy Lai trial after British foreign minister David Lammy meets Lai’s son

[HKFP] - 11/13/2024

Beijing has condemned the UK for interfering the case of detained pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai after the British foreign minister met Lai’s son in the UK last week. The Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong said in a Chinese-language statement on Tuesday evening that (…)



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