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Hong Kong court begins Day 2 of activist publisher Jimmy Lai's trial

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The national security trial of Hong Kong's famous activist publisher Jimmy Lai entered its second day Tuesday, with judges expected to rule by the end of the week on his lawyers' bid to throw out a sedition charge that has been increasingly used to target dissidents.

Lai, 76, was arrested in. He was charged with colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring with others to put out seditious publications.

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