Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai defiant as he gives evidence in foreign collusion trial

Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai has said he “never” tried to influence foreign policy or ask foreign officials to take concrete action on Hong Kong, on his first day giving evidence at his national security trial. Lai has been charged with one count of conspiracy to publish seditious publications and two counts of conspiracy to foreign collusion, under the city’s punitive national security law (NSL), introduced in 2020. On Wednesday, Lai stridently defended himself against the charges and spoke proudly of the media company he founded and which has been a thorn in the side of Beijing and the Hong

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