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Jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s email exchanges with US officials in 2020 showed the group discussed potential targets of US sanctions before Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong, the tycoon’s national security trial has heard. Jimmy Lai in 2020. Photo: HKFP. Lai, 77, told the court on Friday that he only had […]
Prosecutors have accused jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai of paying two former US officials US$3.25 million (HK$25.3 million) to brief ex-Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen about Washington’s attitude towards the self-ruled island. Jimmy Lai in 2020. Photo: HKFP. Prosecutor Anthony Chau said on Friday that Lai, 77, paid Jack Keane, a retired US army general, and […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has testified at his national security trial that urging other countries to speak up for the city’s pro-democracy movement does not amount to seeking foreign interference. Jimmy Lai. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. The 76-year-old, who wore a green sweater and a suit jacket, stands accused of two counts of taking […]