Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Arrested Under Security Law: Aide, Police Source
Umer Jamshaid Published August 10, 2020 | 10:30 AM
Hong Kong, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Aug, 2020 ) :Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong media mogul and one of the city's most prominent pro-democracy figures, was arrested on Monday under Beijing's new national security law, a close aide and a police source said.
"Jimmy Lai is being arrested for collusion with foreign powers at this time," Mark Simon, a colleague of Lai's, wrote on Twitter.
A police source told AFP Lai was arrested on charges of colluding with foreign forces -- one of the new national security offences -- and with fraud.
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