INTRO: A Hong Kong court finished hearing closing arguments in the national security trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai on Thursday, as the judges retired to consider their verdict.
The 77-year-old founder of the now closed pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, and a charge of conspiracy to publish seditious material. He faces a maximum life sentence. Laura Westbrook reports from Hong Kong.
The 77-year-old founder of the now closed pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, and a charge of conspiracy to publish seditious material. He faces a maximum life sentence. Laura Westbrook reports from Hong Kong.