The pro-democracy tycoon is accused of conspiring to collude with foreign forces to destabilise Hong Kong.
HONG KONG – A Hong Kong court ruled a national security case against pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai may proceed, rejecting his bid to quash a trial that could see the 76-year-old founder of shuttered Apple Daily locked up for life.
Mr Pang argued that something agreed before the national security law would not make it become illegal automatically, but the law made the earlier legal agreements invalid. In response to the prosecution’s allegation that Lai used the Apple Daily as a platform to conspire, jimmy Mr Pang said “that’s a very strange allegation, because Apple Daily is a newspaper, newspapers can have different views on the spectrum”.
Prosecutors rebutted the claim, saying the testimonies from Lai’s associates showed the offending acts did not stop after the legislation was enacted.
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