China – Hong Kong Fp, July 17, 2025
Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, 77, has been detained since December 2020. His national security trial was adjourned in March and will restart in August.
The Hong Kong government has defended the detention arrangements of jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai after a US newspaper published an op-ed saying Lai suffered from “appalling conditions” in custody.
The government said in a statement on Wednesday evening that it strongly condemned “various organisations in the United States… and Western countries for “disregarding the facts” and “smearing” the government’s handling of Lai’s national security case.
