HONG KONG—Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is being charged on suspicion of assisting one of 12 fugitives China captured at sea last year, his Apple Daily tabloid and local newspaper Oriental Daily said on Feb. 17, without citing a source. Lai, detained while awaiting a bail hearing on Thursday, has already been charged with colluding with foreign forces under a sweeping national security law that Beijing imposed on Hong Kong last year. The 12 fugitives could face potential charges in Hong Kong over mass pro-democracy protests in 2019, with Andy Li—whom the papers identified as the person Lai was suspected of helping—being investigated for suspected national security crimes. Neither newspaper gave further details. It was unclear if the national security law extends to the assistance Lai is suspected to have given Li. Police did not immediately respond to a request to comment. The Chinese coast guard captured the 12 fugitives in August as they tried to flee Hong Kong in a …