Hong Kong court to hear closing arguments in mogul Jimmy Lai’s trial

Jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial, which began in late 2023, will enter its final stages on August 14 as lawyers present closing arguments.

The 77-year-old founder of the Apple Daily newspaper is charged with foreign collusion under Hong Kong’s national security law, which Beijing imposed following huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019. France 24’s Camille Nedelec tells us more.