UK calls for release of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai as trial begins

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The pro-democracy activist and former newspaper owner was arrested under Hong Kong's controversial national security law in August 2020.

Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has called for his release describing his prosecution in Hong Kong as "politically motivated".

Sky's Asia Correspondent Cordelia Lynch reports.

Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/uk-calls-for-release-of-hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-as-trial-starts-13033243

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