Hong Kong court refuses to throw out sedition charge against media mogul Jimmy Lai
by Shweta Sharma
Dec 22, 2023
2 minutes
A Hong Kong court has rejected pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai’s attempt to quash the sedition charges he faces as part of a landmark national security trial.
The question of whether the sedition charge should stand was the subject of the first week of deliberations in the trial that began on Monday, after Mr Lai’s lawyers argued that prosecutors failed to bring the charges within
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