Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai took the stand this week. He faces charges in connection with the 2019 anti-government protests in the region. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with his son, Sebastien Lai.

A major trial is kicking off in Hong Kong this week. Jimmy Lai, the media tycoon and democracy activist, is going to court after more than 1,000 days in detention.

Feb 2 (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is on trial accused of endangering China's national security. Lai, 76, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of ...

Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai testified this week in court for the first time in a landmark national security trial accusing him of endangering China's national ...

Hong Kong tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in a landmark trial, where he is accused of endangering China's national security, as prosecutors laid out ...

Simon said that for the CCP and the Hong Kong government, it is important to falsely portray Lai as “a black hand of the West fermenting a color [pro-democracy] revolution” as part of “their ...

Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious Hong Kong media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, took the stand Wednesday in his own defense for the first time in ...

HONG KONG -- Jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai on Wednesday denied seeking to influence foreign policy against China as he took the stand for the first time in his national security trial ...

People line up to buy the last Apple Daily newspaper edition in Hong Kong on June 24. (Vincent Yu/AP) Mark Simon is former group director for Next Digital, parent company for Apple Daily, and ...

HONG KONG— Jimmy Lai, the staunchly pro-democracy Hong Kong media tycoon, was sentenced by a Hong Kong court Saturday to more than five years in prison for fraud over a sublease at the former ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: A major trial is kicking off in Hong Kong this week. Jimmy Lai, the media tycoon and democracy activist, is going to court after more than 1,000 days in detention. A MARTÍNEZ ...