(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 16,2020, millionaire media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 72, poses during an interview with AFP at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong. - Lai, a Hong Kong media mogul and one of the city's most prominent pro-democracy figures, was arrested on August 10,2020 under Beijing's new national security law, a close aide and a police source said. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE/ AFP)
HONG KONG: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested over suspected collusion with foreign forces under the new national security law, his top aide said on Twitter, in what is the highest-profile arrest yet under the legislation.
Lai has been one of the most prominent democracy activists in the Chinese-ruled city and an ardent critic of Beijing, which imposed the sweeping new law on Hong Kong on June 30, drawing condemnation from Western countries.
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