Jimmy Lai was found guilty today of multiple violations of China’s national security laws. He has not been formally sentenced, but is likely facing life in prison. Benedict Rogers joins us with more.

Further Reading

Jimmy Lai found guilty of national security violations, faces life in prison

To China, He Was an Arch Villain. To His Supporters, He Was Their Hope.

Book: The China Nexus

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Guest Info

Benedict Rogers is the co-founder and Trustee of Hong Kong Watch. Ben launched Hong Kong Watch, together with other co-founders, in Speaker’s House in the British Parliament on 10 December 2017, just two months after he was denied entry to Hong Kong on the orders of Beijing, and served as the Chair of Trustees of Hong Kong Watch from 2017-2020. He is also the author of The China Nexus Thirty Years in and Around the Chinese Communist Party’s Tyranny.

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