‘Not a president’s son’: Beijing official rejects calls to pardon Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai

Not a ‘president’s son’: official rejects calls to pardon Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai

A Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong’s national security has dismissed calls from foreign groups to pardon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, questioning the need to do so as the former media boss is not “a certain president’s son”. Sun Qingye, deputy director of Beijing’s Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong, also warned on Friday against…

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‘Not a president’s son’: Beijing official rejects calls to pardon Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai

‘Not a president’s son’: Beijing official rejects calls to pardon Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai

A Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong’s national security has dismissed calls from foreign groups to pardon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, questioning the need to do so as the former media boss is not “a certain president’s son”. Sun Qingye, deputy director of Beijing’s Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong, also warned on Friday against…

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