Lai is accused of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-imposed national security law.

Lai is accused of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-imposed national security law.

Lai has been detained since December 2020, with western nations and rights groups calling for his release

Closing arguments are due to begin in the national security trial of Jimmy Lai, 77, a critic of China’s Communist Party.

HONG KONG: The final arguments in prominent Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai’s national security trial were postponed Friday after his lawyer said the former pro-democracy newspaper…