HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai (pic) pleaded not guilty on Tuesday (Jan 2) to all charges against him in a high-profile national security trial that could see the city's leading critic of the Chinese Communist Party jailed for life.
Lai faces two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces - including calling for sanctions against Hong Kong and Chinese officials - under a China-imposed national security law.
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