Jimmy Lai trial: closing arguments begin in Hong Kong trial of pro-democracy media mogul

<p>Lai has been detained since December 2020, with western nations and rights groups calling for his release</p><p>Jailed <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/hong-kong">Hong Kong</a> media mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial, which began in late 2023, will enter its final stages on Thursday as lawyers present closing arguments.</p><p>The 77-year-old founder of the Apple Daily newspaper is charged with foreign collusion under Hong Kong’s national security law, which Beijing imposed following huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/jimmy-lai-trial-hong-kong-closing-arguments">Continue reading...</a>