Hong Kong authorities have condemned US lawmakers for holding a hearing on jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai and colluding with "anti-China and destabilising elements" to demand his release ahead of a planned summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump.
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) held a hearing at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday (September 16) entitled “A Plea from Two Children to Xi Jinping: Release Their Father Jimmy Lai”.