Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai's lawyer said the judges should not consider the testimony of a prosecution witness because he's a criminal and "serial liar" in closing arguments Wednesday.
Lai, 77, is on trial for alleged sedition and collusion with foreign powers. The trial has been going on since 2023, and Lai has given a 52-day testimony. Closing arguments began Aug. 18, after a pause for tests on Lai's heart, and ended Wednesday.
Lai's defense attorney, Marc Corlett, told the judges on Wednesday that they should be "cautious" in placing "too much faith" in Wayland Chan Tsz-wah's testimony against Lai. Chan is a "convicted criminal who stands to benefit from his testimony," Corlett said.
Chan earlier testified that Lai was at a meeting in January 2020 with the lobbying group "Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong" to incite hostile actions by the West. He said that Lai used the meeting to discuss his four-step lobbying agenda and revealed his master plan to instigate China's "implosion."
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