WASHINGTON, D.C. — US lawmakers on Wednesday vowed to keep up pressure to free Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, whose son warned that time was running out.
Lai, the founder of the now-shuttered popular Chinese-language tabloid Apple Daily which supported mass pro-democracy protests, was detained in 2020 and is standing trial on charges including sedition and colluding with foreign forces.At a press event held by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, his son said Lai, 76, was struggling in solitary confinement inside a cell that is 38 degrees Celsius .
'We are saying to the world, to the Chinese government, to the Chinese Communist Party, that we know — not only do we remember, we exalt, we lift up, the sacrifice of Jimmy Lai,' Pelosi said.Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin, calling Lai a symbol of the 'vibrant, free community' that Hong Kong once was, vowed to keep a spotlight to free Lai as well as less prominent people detained under a harsh new security law in Hong Kong.
Kong Democracy Tycoon's Son Warns Time Running Out
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