The case against Lai relates to protests in August 2019. - AFP
HONG KONG (AFP): A top British barrister has pulled out of leading a team prosecuting a group of prominent Hong Kong dissidents, the city’s authorities said Wednesday (Jan 20), following growing criticism in the UK.
David Perry was announced last week as lead prosecutor in the upcoming trial of nine well-known activists, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai and former lawmaker Martin Lee, on charges of unlawful assembly.
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