This article comes from “Figaro Magazine”
Jimmy Lai, 76, is a year older than the Chinese communist regime.
In the first year of his existence, his Cantonese parents were broken by the Red Army, one sent to a labor camp, the other exiled.
Now it's his turn.
Since December 2020, Jimmy Lai has been in prison.
His trial, which has barely begun, is already one of the symbols of the tutelage of Hong Kong by China.
Creator of the Apple Daily
newspaper
in 1995, Jimmy Lai has continued to challenge the Communist Party.
The newspaper was closed under pressure from Beijing three years ago, and Lai refused to flee, saying he was ready for prison.
Accused of treason for collusion with foreign forces, he now faces life imprisonment in a high security unit.
I have no illusions about the independence of Hong Kong's judicial system,”
said his son Sebastian Lai.
Indeed, no defendant has ever won a trial under the law...
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