HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged underneath the town’s national security law, amid a widening crackdown on dissent, in accordance with native media stories.
Lai, who based the Apple Daily tabloid, was charged on suspicion of colluding with overseas forces and endangering nationwide safety, native broadcaster TVB reported Friday. He’s essentially the most high-profile particular person to be charged underneath the legislation because it was carried out in June.
Police mentioned in an announcement that they arrested a 73-year-old man underneath the nationwide safety legislation, however didn’t identify him.
Lai was arrested underneath the nationwide safety legislation in August. He and two executives of Next Digital, the corporate that operates the Apple Day by day newspaper, had been later charged for fraud over accusations that they violated lease phrases on workplace area the corporate. He was denied bail earlier this month.
Lai, who based the Apple Daily tabloid, was charged on suspicion of colluding with overseas forces and endangering nationwide safety, native broadcaster TVB reported Friday. He’s essentially the most high-profile particular person to be charged underneath the legislation because it was carried out in June.
Police mentioned in an announcement that they arrested a 73-year-old man underneath the nationwide safety legislation, however didn’t identify him.
Lai was arrested underneath the nationwide safety legislation in August. He and two executives of Next Digital, the corporate that operates the Apple Day by day newspaper, had been later charged for fraud over accusations that they violated lease phrases on workplace area the corporate. He was denied bail earlier this month.