HONG KONG: Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, one of the city’s most vocal Beijing critics, was arrested Monday under a new national security law for co...
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, one of the city’s most vocal Beijing critics, was arrested Monday under a new national security law for colluding with foreign forces, deepening a crackdown on democracy supporters.
A police source speaking on condition of anonymity told AFP Lai was arrested for colluding with foreign forces -- one of the new national security offences -- and fraud. On Twitter, Simon said officers were executing search warrants at both Lai’s mansion and his son’s house.For many residents of the restless semi-autonomous city, he is an unlikely hero -- a pugnacious, self-made tabloid owner and the only tycoon willing to criticise Beijing.
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