{"id":2216,"date":"2024-11-20T03:46:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T03:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2024-11-20T03:46:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T03:46:12","slug":"hong-kong-mogul-jimmy-lai-testifies-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=2216","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai testifies for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Jimmy Lai, the 76-year-old founder of the now-defunct Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily, is taking the stand on Wednesday in a national security trial that may see him sentenced to life imprisonment.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He is accused of colluding with foreign forces by using his media platform to oppose the government.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">This is his first time testifying in court, even though he has undergone multiple trials since 2020 &#8211; all widely seen as politically motivated.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Lai is one of the most influential pro-democracy figures in the city, which has come under an increasingly severe crackdown from Beijing.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">His hearing on Wednesday comes one day after the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy campaigners &#8211; part of a group known as the Hong Kong 47 &#8211; in the city\u2019s largest trial under the national security law.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Lai\u2019s ongoing trial concerns allegations that Apple Daily published articles supporting the pro-democracy protests that rocked the city in 2019, which were seen by Beijing as a threat to national stability.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Lai argued on Wednesday that he opposed violence and that advocating for Hong Kong independence was &#8220;too crazy to think about&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He said that &#8220;the core values of Apple Daily are actually the core values of the people of Hong Kong&#8221;. 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