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 founder had experienced heart palpitations and the judges wanted him to receive medical treatment first. Lai, the 77-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, was arrested in 2020 under a national security law imposed by Beijing following anti-government protests in 2019.

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