Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two counts of foreign collusion and of seditious publication, in one of the Chinese city's highest-profile national security trials.

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life. Three government-vetted judges found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with…

He founded Apple Daily, a fiercely pro-democracy tabloid known for its sharp criticism of the Chinese Communist Party, before the newspaper was forced to shut down in 2021.

Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial.

Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, has been convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.