Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty of collusion with foreign forces

By Reuters | Posted - Dec. 14, 2025 at 8:06 p.m.

 
People queue outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building for the verdict in the national security collusion trial of Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, in Hong Kong, Sunday.

People queue outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building for the verdict in the national security collusion trial of Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, in Hong Kong, Sunday. (Lam Yik, Reuters )

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HONG KONG, Dec 15 — ​Hong Kong's High Court on ⁠Monday found pro-democracy campaigner ‌and tycoon Jimmy ⁠Lai guilty ‌of collusion ‍with foreign forces ⁠under ⁠a China-imposed national security law that could see him jailed for life.

The case ‍has drawn international scrutiny of Hong Kong's judicial independence amid a yearslong crackdown on ‌rights and freedoms in ‌the global financial hub.

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