Foreign collusion trial starts for Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai
A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a law imposed by Beijing to crush dissidents.
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![In this picture taken on June 16, 2020, millionaire media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 72, poses during an interview with AFP at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong. - Lai knows his support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests could soon land him behind bars, but the proudly self-described Close-up portrait of a man sitting on a red couch.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6670394.1702408146!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/jimmy-lai.jpg)
A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a law imposed by Beijing to crush dissidents.