Hong Kong – Hong Kong Free Press, Aug. 15, 2025
The judges, handpicked by Hong Kong’s leader to preside over national security cases, rejected the defence’s application to have the Apple Daily founder be absent from the closing argument proceedings, which have been earmarked for 10 days.
The closing arguments of Jimmy Lai‘s national security trial have been further postponed over a “medical issue” relating to the media tycoon’s heart.
The three-judge panel said on Friday that the proceedings will resume next Monday after Lai, 77, received medication prescribed by a doctor and a Holter monitor – a portable device that tracks the heart’s electrical activity.
The Apple Daily founder appeared thinner than he was five months ago, when proceedings were adjourned following his 52-day oral testimony.
