Jimmy Lai's National Security Trial

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Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai

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Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai testifies he didn't ask Pence, Pompeo to take action against city

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Jimmy Lai , founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper, was arrested in 2020 .

He is accused of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring with others to issue seditious publications.

Lai 's case is widely seen as a measure of media freedom and judicial independence in the Asian financial hub.

If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.

In May 2020 , a month before the security law took effect, Lai took up the role of executive chairman of Next Digital , the parent company of Apple Daily .

The U.S. and U.K. governments and independent U.N. human rights experts have called for Lai ’s release.

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