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Trump promises to ‘save’ jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily, arrives at the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong in 2021 [File: Tyrone Siu/Reuters]

United States President Donald Trump has renewed his promise to “save” jailed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai, who is on trial for alleged national security crimes over his pro-democracy activism and antipathy towards China’s Communist Party.

“I’m going to do everything I can to save him. I’m going to do everything … His name has already entered the circle of things that we’re talking about, and we’ll see what we can do,” Trump told Fox News Radio in the US.

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