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Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai's Collusion Trial Resumes After Delay

Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai is facing up to life in prison at his national security trial (Credit: AFP)

A Hong Kong court on Friday began hearing closing arguments in the national security trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, following a one-day delay because of bad weather.

The 77-year-old founder of the Apple Daily newspaper is charged with foreign collusion under Hong Kong's national security law, which Beijing imposed following huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019.

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