Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai takes stand to rebut 'collusion with foreign forces' charges

Taiwan

Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Jailed former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai took the stand for the first time Wednesday in his trial on conspiracy to collude with foreign powers and publishing seditious anti-government material after a harsh new national security law was imposed by Beijing in 2020. The 76-year-old founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper who has pleaded not guilty to all charges, denied in court that he had ever sought to influence the Hong Kong policies of other countries via his

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