Jimmy Lai's testimony comes just a day after Hong Kong jailed 45 pro-democracy activists for up to 10 years in a separate national security case
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Lai, a British and Hong Kong citizen and a founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, is considered one of the most high profile political arrestees in Hong Kong under a sweeping China-imposed national security law. “We were always in support of movements for freedom,” Lai, wearing a grey blazer and glasses, told the packed courtroom.
Lai has pleaded not guilty to two charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and a charge of conspiracy to publish seditious material.
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