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Jimmy Lai: Closing arguments in Hong Kong tycoon national security trial begin
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FILE – Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai pauses during an interview in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020.
(AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File) (Vincent Yu/AP | AP)HONG KONG — Prosecutors in Hong Kong have begun closing arguments in the national security trial of pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, after multiple delays last week.
Hong Kong media tycoon and democracy activist Jimmy Lai goes on trial Hong Kong media mogul and democracy activist Jimmy Lai goes on trial after more than 1,000 days of pre-trial detention.
Lai is accused of violating Hong Kong’s national security lawPeople wait to enter the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts ahead of the closing statements for Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s national security trial in Hong Kong, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.
Five years of a strict national security law in Hong Kong Five years ago Beijing imposed a strict national security law in Hong Kong, which effectively outlawed public dissent.
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