Hong Kong authorities reject Jimmy Lai’s request for UK lawyer


Hong Kong’s government refuses permission for jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to be represented by a British lawyer at his upcoming national security trial. – EPA pic, September 30, 2022.

HONG Kong’s government has refused permission for jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to be represented by a British lawyer at his upcoming national security trial, a court heard today.

Lai and a group of executives from the now shuttered Apple Daily newspaper are being prosecuted for “colluding with foreign forces”, an offence under a new security law China imposed on Hong Kong to stamp out dissent.


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