HONG KONG (AFP): Jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai's trial under Hong Kong's national security law was delayed Thursday (Dec1) as the government asked Beijing to bar Lai from being represented by a British lawyer.
Lai and several executives from the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper are being prosecuted for "colluding with foreign forces", an offence under the law imposed on the city after huge and sometimes violent protests in 2019.
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