Government-picked judges consider verdict in high-profile case against pro-democracy media mogul
Final arguments have concluded in the national security trial of the pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong.
Government-picked judges are retiring to consider their verdict in the case, seen internationally as a crucial test of the rule of law in the city.
Lai, 77, has been in prison since 2020, when he was charged with two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious material.
The charges were brought under a sweeping national security law (NSL) imposed by Beijing after anti-government protests in 2019, and a colonial-era sedition law.
