Lai, a vocal critic from Beijing, is one of the most famous figures to be indicted under a comprehensive security law that China has imposed on the financial center.
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sent back to jail Thursday after the city’s Supreme Court complied with prosecutors’ demands that his bail be denied.
Lai, a vocal critic from Beijing, is one of the most prominent figures on trial under a comprehensive security law that China imposed on the financial center in late June to stamp out dissent.
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