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Jimmy Lai

Catholic publisher Jimmy Lai pleads ‘not guilty’ to Hong Kong sedition charges

The newspaper publisher is charged over Apple Daily's coverage of the tightening of civil liberties in Hong Kong

The Pillar
Jan 02, 2024
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Jimmy Lai, the jailed Catholic publisher, pled not guilty in Hong Kong Tuesday to charges of conspiracy to produce seditious publications and conspiracy to collude with foreign powers.

Jimmy Lai Chee-ying arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, May 2020. Credit: Xinhua / Alamy Stock Photo

Lai, who has been incarcerated since December 2020 on a ra…

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