Jimmy Lai Found Guilty of Colluding with Foreign Forces
Update: 2025-12-15
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 78, has been found guilty of colluding with foreign forces under the citys national security law. He faces a possible life sentence and is expected to be sentenced early next year. The court found Lai used his now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper to lobby foreign governments to impose sanctions on Hong Kong and China. Human rights groups have criticized the trial as a cruel judicial farce. Lai, a British citizen and fierce critic of the Chinese state, was a key figure in the two thousand nineteen pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. His trial has been seen as another test of judicial independence for Hong Kongs courts.
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