Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai testifies he didn't ask Pence, Pompeo to take action against city
The media tycoon, who also describes himself as a businessman and social activist, said he never tried to influence foreign policy on Hong Kong or China through the people he met overseas or ask them to take action against them. Lai’s case is widely seen as a measure of media freedom and judicial independence in the Asian financial hub.
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 came to Hong Kong in 1961 as a boy smuggled on a fishing boat, a refugee who left mainland China because his mother ...
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The parliamentarians are "urgently" demanding the immediate release of the 77-year-old British citizen, who has been held in ...
Government also says ‘actual’ representatives for Lai had clarified the international legal team had not received ...
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As the publisher’s trial resumes, is his jailing worth the cost to Xi?
The defendants were accused of conspiracy to commit subversion after holding an unofficial primary election in Hong Kong in ...
Hong Kong's largest national security trial will draw to a close on Tuesday, with dozens of the city's most prominent ...
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