Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Faces Cross-Examination in National Security Trial

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A free man in Hong Kong - Washington Examiner

“A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.” I found myself returning again and again to that cold-hearted quotation, widely attributed to Joseph Stalin, as I read Mark L. Clifford’s stunning new biography of Jimmy Lai, The Troublemaker, How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident, and China’s Most Feared Critic. Oh, Lai is not dead yet — indeed, he’s very much alive. But, at 77, he spends what could be …

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Jimmy Lai Speaks on Brokering Meetings Between Tsai and US Officials - The News Lens International Edition

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai testified in a Hong Kong court, admitting to facilitating meetings between and Tsai administrations in 2017.

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Jimmy Lai paid retired US army general to advise Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen on Trump’s attitude, court hears

Jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai has told his national security trial that he paid a retired US army general to give advice to former Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen regarding the attitude of Donald Trump’s first administration to the self-ruled island.Jimmy Lai in 2020. File photo: HKFP.The court heard on Thursday that Lai, 77, engaged Jack Keane, a former vice chief of staff of the US army, and Paul Wolfowitz, an ex-US deputy secretary of defenc…

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In the trial of Hong Kong Next Media Group founder Jimmy Lai and three companies of Apple Daily for allegedly conspiring to collude with foreign forces, the defendant Jimmy Lai continued to appear in court on Thursday (January 16) to defend himself. Jimmy Lai said in court that he had funded a former US military general to meet with then-President Tsai Ing-wen in Taiwan, but denied seeking to endanger China's national security.

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How Jimmy Lai Became Communist China's Good 'Troublemaker'

A new book, 'The Troublemaker,' shows how Jimmy Lai's faith and belief in freedom made him China's most high profile political prisoner.

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Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai admits paying US general for Taiwan advisory, denies endangering China’s security

Prosecutor starts cross examination of Lai on 119th day of trial Lai says arranged meeting between former US officials with Taiwan Lai rejects claims he sought to endanger China national security HONG KONG, Jan 16 — Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai on Thursday told a court trying him for colluding with foreign powers that he paid a former U.S. general to advise former Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen in late 2017, but denied seeking to endanger China’s…