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Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai ‘guarded’ in interviews after national security law passed

Cs news2 weeks ago02 mins

Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying returns to West Kowloon Court in Hong Kong on Monday to testify for a fourth week in his high-profile trial, answering questions over his state of mind after the enactment of the Beijing-decreed national security law on June 30, 2020. The 77-year-old has spent 12 days in the witness…

Jimmy Lai says he didn’t think at first national security law would be ‘end’ of Hong Kong

Cs news2 weeks ago02 mins

Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has conceded he was “too optimistic” to have once believed in Hong Kong’s future as a financial hub under the national security law, while dismissing “presumptuous” allegations that he foresaw his arrest would trigger foreign intervention. Lai, 77, also said on Thursday he did not believe the central and…