The founder of the now-closed Next Media and its pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, was charged with colluding with foreign forces under the National Security Law (NSL). Hong Kong’s Department of Justice (DOJ) lost its appeal against the High Court’s decision on Nov. 9 to let a UK barrister represent Lai in his upcoming trial. Meanwhile, Lai’s global legal team was warned not to travel to Hong Kong.
Lai, 74, faces a sentence of life-long imprisonment if convicted of colluding with foreign forces under the NSL. Prosecutors allege that Lai sought international sanctions against Hong Kong and China through his pro-democracy newspaper….