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HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law -top aide
[Jpost] Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested for suspected collusion with foreign forces under the national security law Beijing imposed on the global financial hub in June, his top aide said on Twitter."Jimmy Lai is being arrested for collusion with foreign powers at this time," Mark Simon, a senior executive at Lai's media company Next Digital, which publishes local tabloid Apple Daily, said early on Monday. Related: Jimmy Lai: 2020-04-19 Hong Kong's pan-democrats condemn wave of arrests of veterans as a bid to silence dissent but authorities say it's for unlawful protests Jimmy Lai: 2020-04-18 Hong Kong police detain veteran democracy activists in raids Posted by: trailing wife 2020-08-11 |
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