Media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong trial starts as U.S., U.K. urge his release

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong trial starts as U.S., U.K. urge his release

Policemen stand guard near a barricade outside West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts, where activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s trial is scheduled to open, in Hong Kong, on December 18, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai went on trial in Hong Kong Monday for national security charges that could see him jailed for life, … Read more