Tycoon Jimmy Lai awaits verdic for security trial


A court finished hearing closing arguments in the national security trial of media tycoon Jimmy Lai yesterday, though a judge declined to say when a verdict will be reached.

The 77-year-old founder of the pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily has contested charges of foreign collusion after authorities accused him of using various platforms to lobby Western countries to sanction China and Hong Kong.

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