Newspaper publisher should enjoy ‘greater latitude’ of freedom of expression, Jimmy Lai’s lawyer tells court

Newspaper publisher should enjoy ‘greater latitude’ of freedom of expression, Jimmy Lai’s lawyer tells court

A newspaper publisher should enjoy a “greater latitude” of freedom of expression as guaranteed by the constitutional right of press freedom, a lawyer for jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai has told a Hong Kong court. Jimmy Lai. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. The court on Monday continued to hear closing arguments from the defence. Lai’s lawyer, Robert Pang, sought to convince the judges that press freedom was established as an individual right alongside …