HONG KONG – The Court of Appeal in Hong Kong on Monday (June 19) blocked jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s bid to challenge in the city’s highest court a warrant obtained by national security police to scrutinise the contents of his mobile phones. Lai, 75, founder of the now shut pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, is due to face trial in...
HONG KONG – The Court of Appeal in Hong Kong on Monday blocked jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s bid to challenge in the city’s highest court a warrant obtained by national security police to scrutinise the contents of his mobile phones.
The tycoon has been challenging police scrutiny of two of his mobile phones seized during his arrest at his home in August 2020, partly on the basis that they contained journalistic material. Even though police had already searched the phones, the issues involved “great public interest”, his lawyers had argued.Lai lost a bid to end his national security trial in May. He could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted.
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