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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Harry Taylor

Chinese ambassador summoned by Foreign Office over Jimmy Lai verdict

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper called for the immediate release of Jimmy Lai and for the Chinese Government to scrap the national security law (Jaimi Joy/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government has summoned the Chinese ambassador over the conviction of dual-national Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai under the territory’s Beijing-imposed national security law.

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper condemned the guilty verdict given by a Hong Kong court on Monday to the pro-democracy activist Mr Lai for sedition and conspiracy charges.

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