Media Tycoon, Jimmy Lai arrested
13 August 2020 |
12:10 pm
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai became the highest-profile person arrested under a new national security law on Monday, detained over suspected collusion with foreign forces as around 200 police searched the offices of his Apple Daily newspaper.
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