Media mogul Jimmy Lai reports to the police station after he was released on bail following his arrest under the national security law in Hong Kong, China on Dec 2, 2020. - Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters): Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was denied bail on Thursday on a charge of fraud related to the lease of a building that houses his Apple Daily, an anti-government tabloid.
Authorities have intensified a crackdown on key opposition figures in the Chinese-ruled city since Beijing circumvented the local legislature and imposed sweeping national security legislation on the global financial centre on June 30.
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