Detained Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to testify for first time in national security trial

[HKFP] - 11/20/2024

Detained pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is set to take the stand for the first time on Wednesday in his high-profile national security trial. The 76-year-old founder of the shuttered Apple Daily newspaper stands accused of two counts of taking part in a “conspiracy to collude with foreign (…)



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