Jimmy Lai trial delayed over ‘national security’ objections to lawyer

The Hong Kong government has appealed to Beijing over the jailed Catholic newspaper publisher's choice of a top lawyer to represent him.

Jimmy Lai, the jailed Catholic pro-democracy advocate and newspaper publisher, will have to wait more than nine months before facing his latest trial in Hong Kong. On Tuesday, the judge in Lai’s case adjourned the trial until September next year, after the local government appealed to the mainland to stop him being represented by a top lawyer.

Lai has re…