Defence team takes aim at defendant turned prosecution witness Wayland Chan over testimony that Lai directed lobbying group to seek sanctions

Defence lawyers on Wednesday wrapped up their closing arguments at West Kowloon Court for the former media boss’s national security trial, in which Lai is contesting charges of conspiracy to print seditious articles and collude with foreign forces.

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