Hong Kong court dismisses tycoon Jimmy Lai's bid to end trial

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai. – AP

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court dismissed on Thursday (July 25) a bid by the legal team for jailed democrat Jimmy Lai to end his national security trial, saying prosecutors appeared to have sufficient evidence to support all three charges against him.

Lai, 76, the founder of now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and a lesser charge of conspiracy to publish seditious material.