HONG KONG — Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai insisted that his now-shuttered newspaper had championed democracy an'freedom' as he took the witness stand for the first time in his collusion trial on Wednesday.
HONG KONG — Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai insisted that his now-shuttered newspaper had championed democracy an'freedom' as he took the witness stand for the first time in his collusion trial on Wednesday. Lai 's case is one of the most prominent prosecuted under the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020, with Western countries and rights groups demanding his release.
His testimony comes with Hong Kong's political freedoms already under the spotlight after a court jailed 45 democracy campaigners for subversion in the city's largest national security trial on Tuesday.'Deserves admiration'Lai has been behind bars since December 2020, and concerns have been raised about his medical and jail conditions.
Publisher Lai To Court: Championed 'Freedom'
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