Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist, was arrested Monday morning on allegations of violating the city’s new national security law imposed by Beijing. His arrest marks the most overt action taken by Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing Lam government under the central government’s law.
At 71 years old, Lai is one of a few remaining Hong Kong elite openly vocal about supporting the city’s pro-democracy movement. Lai founded Next Digital, the media that publishes the widely read Apple Daily, known for its critical coverage of the Chinese Communist regime and the Hong Kong government during the past year of protests…
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