Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai insisted his newspaper had championed democracy and "freedom" as he took the witness stand for the first time in his collusion trial on Wednesday.
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(FILES) Media tycoon Jimmy Lai poses during an interview with AFP at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong on June 16, 2020. On November 20, 2024, jailed tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai will testify in his collusion trial, breaking the silence he has kept over five previous trials and almost four years in jail. Lai will take the stand the day after a Hong Kong court jailed all 45 defendants convicted of subversion in the city's largest national security trial. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
2024-11-20 10:49:06
Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai insisted his newspaper had championed democracy and "freedom" as he took the witness stand for the first time in his collusion trial on Wednesday.
Lai's case is one of the most prominent prosecuted under the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020, with Western countries and rights groups demanding his release.
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