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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai had wanted to bring together legislators, overseas groups, the power of the community, and other sectors to achieve “China implosion,” a court has heard during a landmark trial under the Beijing-imposed national security law. Paralegal Chan Tsz-wah, who stands accused of conspiring with Lai and others to collude with foreign forces, told the court on Friday that the Apple Daily founder mentioned the idea of bringing China to economic collapse and the fall of its political regime in January 2020. Lai faces two counts of conspiring to collude with foreign forces a...
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Jimmy Lai had mentioned in late November 2019 the idea of conducting a primary poll to “continue the momentum” of the pro-democracy camp in a legislative race originally scheduled for 2020, an activist has told the media tycoon’s landmark national security trial. The Apple Daily founder said organising a primary election could unite the votes of pro-democracy electors and secure the legislative seats of the democrats, paralegal Chan Tsz-wah testified in court on Wednesday. Chan has pleaded guilty to with conspiring with Lai and others to collude with foreign forces. According to Chan, Lai made...
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai hoped to contact protesters leading the “valiant camp” during the 2019 unrest and “purify” them, out of concerns they would lose the pro-democracy movement international support, an activist has testified during Lai’s landmark national security trial. Paralegal Chan Tsz-wah, who stands accused of conspiring with Lai and others to collude with foreign forces, continued his testimony for the prosecution on Monday. Lai, 76, is on trial for two counts of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and one count of conspiring to publish “seditious” materials. He has p...
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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was willing to provide “all kinds of help,” including a HK$1.5 million loan, to activists launching a global advertising campaign in June 2019, the mogul’s national security trial has heard. Prosecution witness Chan Tsz-wah, a paralegal that prosecutors alleged was a middleman who linked Lai with the Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong (SWHK) advocacy group, also said on Friday that veteran democrat Martin Lee connected him with the mogul’s personal assistant, Mark Simon. Chan agreed to testify against Lai after pleading guilty to conspiring to collude with ...
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The enactment of a national security law in Hong Kong prompted activists to discuss the prospect of setting up a “government-in-exile” to continue lobbying international allies against the city, the trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai has heard. Prosecution witness Andy Li, a programmer turned activist, told the court on Tuesday that the idea of establishing a de-facto government overseas came up in discussion with Chan Tsz-wah in July 2020, soon after the Beijing-imposed security law came into force. Both Li and Chan have pleaded guilty to conspiring to collude with foreign forces under the securi...
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A Hong Kong activist worked with Japanese politicians to lobby for immigration schemes for city residents and sanctions against “perpetuators of human rights violations” after Beijing imposed national security law on the city, the trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai has heard. Andy Li, an IT programmer turned activist, testified on Monday that he assisted Shiori Kanno, at the time a member of Japan’s House of Representatives, to form an alliance with eight other legislators. Their aim was to push for a “Magnitsky-style” act in Japan and “lifeboat policies” for Hongkongers after Beijing’s security l...
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In the 45th month since Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong, the city saw the passage of its own legislation with new offences and tougher punishments, a broader definition of sedition, new restrictions on detainees and tighter rules on early release from prison. While officials celebrated the “historic” passage of the law, calling it a constitutional duty dating back to the 1997 Handover, foreign governments and groups voiced a range of concerns. Landmark national security trials continued. By the end of March, the pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai had been on trial for ove...
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Sanctions against individuals – or economic sanctions at the country level – were among the “immature ideas” Hong Kong activist Andy Li “floated” to an international parliamentary alliance days before the 2020 national security law came into force, a court has heard at the high-profile trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai. Li, the co-founder of activist group Fight for Freedom, Stand With Hong Kong (SWHK), which prosecutors allege was ultimately financed by Lai, continued to testify against the 76-year-old tycoon on Wednesday. The founder of the defunct Apple Daily newspaper stands accused of conspi...
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Hong Kong activist Andy Li did not take part in a pro-democracy crowdfunding campaign in May 2020 owing to risks linked to the enactment of the Beijing-enacted national security law, a court has heard at the landmark trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai. Monday marked day 52 of Lai’s 80-day trial under the 2020 security law for allegedly conspiring to collude with foreign forces. The founder of the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily also faces charges of conspiring to publish seditious materials under the Crimes Ordinance. Li, one of the defendants in the case, continued to testify for the prosecutio...
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An activist group allegedly financed by media mogul Jimmy Lai prepared a list of proposed sanctions targets – including Hong Kong’s leader and top officials – which was intended for presentation to the US government at the height of the 2019 protests, a prosecution witness has told Lai’s national security trial. Andy Li told the court on Thursday that “Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong” (SWHK) in December 2019 drafted a list of “perpetrators of human rights and democracy abuse” that included former chief executive Carrie Lam and her successor, then-security chief John Lee. Li said the li...
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