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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh and Alexander Butler

Defiant Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion at high-profile Hong Kong national security trial

Prominent pro-democracy advocate and media tycoon Jimmy Lai testified for the first time in a national security trial that could see him jailed for life – as part of a China-led crackdown on dissent.

A defiant Mr Lai, a British citizen and the founder of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, denied the charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and publishing seditious materials.

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