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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai takes witness stand in collusion trial

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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai takes witness stand in collusion trialHong Kong (AFP) Nov 20, 2024

Pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai said Wednesday that his now-shuttered newspaper represented Hong Kong's "core values" as he took the witness stand for the first time in his collusion trial. Lai's case is one of the most prominent prosecuted under the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020, with Western countries and rights groups demanding his release. The 76-year-old founder o
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 A Hong Kong court has handed prison sentences to 45 democracy advocates in the city's largest trial under the 2020 national security law, with rights groups condemning the verdict.

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