The founder of the Journal du Quotidien Apple de Hong Kong, Lai, 77, who is also a British citizen, has been in prison since December 2020.
Lai is currently a lawsuit for “collusion with foreign forces” under the Hong Kong National Security Act.
Jimmy Lai’s son Sebastien warned that “time is exhausted” for the health of his father and called on Great Britain and the United States to put pressure for his release.
The human rights groups say that the Lai’s trial is a “imposture” and is part of a broad repression against dissent in Hong Kong.
Hearings should last eight days.
Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial Jimmy Lai crosses Stanley prison in Hong Kong on July 28, 2023. (Louise Delmotte / AP) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial Jimmy Lai, owner of the Hong Kong Apple Daily newspaper, poses next to the dry races of a Taiwanese newspaper which will soon be launched on the wall of his office, on April 7, 2003, in Taipei. (Jerome Favre / AP) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial This photo taken on February 7, 2011 shows the Hong Kong media magnate, Jimmy Lai, outside his business headquarters in Hong Kong. (Mike Clarke / AFP) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial The media magnate Jimmy Lai, attended a march of pro-democracy demonstrators at the admiralty on August 31, 2019 in Hong Kong. (Images Billy HC Kwok / Getty) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial The Hong Kong media tycoon, Jimmy Lai, poses in an interview in the next digital offices of Hong Kong on June 16, 2020. (Anthony Wallace / AFP) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial The Hong Kong media magnate, Jimmy Lai, and a copy of the July 1, 2020 edition of Apple Daily, during an interview in Hong Kong, on July 1, 2020. (Vincent Yu / AP) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial Hong Kong police block the entrance to Apple Daily’s newspaper on August 10, 2020. (Apple every day via Getty Images) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial The police officers of Hong Kong search the Apple office newspaper on August 10, 2020. (Apple every day via Getty Images) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial The police officers of Hong Kong search the Apple office newspaper on August 10, 2020. (Apple every day via Getty Images) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial Jimmy Lai is escorted by police officers from Hong Kong as they search the Apple office newspaper on August 10, 2020. (Apple every day via Getty Images) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial The Hong Kong Media magnate and the founder of Apple Daily, Jimmy Lai, is escorted by the police evidence collection on August 11, 2020 in Hong Kong. (Images Anthony Kwan / Getty) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial Copies of Apple Daily’s newspaper, with first pages featuring the Hong Kong media magnate, Jimmy Lai, are displayed for sale in a kiosk in Hong Kong, August 11, 2020. (Kin Cheung / AP) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial Jimmy Lai, Center, which founded the Tabloid of the Apple daily newspaper, is escorted by agents of the correctional services to get into a van before appearing in court, in Hong Kong on December 12, 2020. (Kin Cheung / AP) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial Copies of the latest issue of Apple Daily arrive in a newspaper stand in Hong Kong on June 24, 2021. (Vincent Yu / AP) Hong Kong-Jimmy-Lai-Trial In this image provided by the Committee for Liberty in Hong Kong, an artist’s projection of Robin Bell protests against the repression of China against the dissidents before the Winter Olympic Games of Beijing 2022 in Washington, on January 31, 2022. (Andre Chung / Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong via AP)
