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Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to national security, sedition charges

Armed police have been deployed for the trial [Billy HC Kwok/AP Photo]

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has pleaded not guilty to all charges in his closely-watched trial under the territory’s national security law that could see him jailed for life.

Lai, 76, has been in prison since December 2020 and faces two counts of “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces” under the China-imposed security law as well as “conspiracy to publish seditious publications” under a colonial-era sedition law.

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