Sir Keir Starmer is facing urgent calls from a cross-party group of MPs to secure the release of British citizen Jimmy Lai, who they warn faces a "de facto death sentence" in a Hong Kong prison, as the Prime Minister concludes his visit to China.
Pressure has mounted on Sir Keir to prioritise the case of the 78-year-old British national, an influential figure in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement and founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper. Mr Lai has been "arbitrarily detained" for over five years, much of it in solitary confinement, following his arrest in 2020 under Hong Kong’s national security law.
