HK's highest court orders Jimmy Lai to return to prison
HK’s highest court orders Jimmy Lai to return to prison HYPERBOLE: A prosecutor argued that bail should not be considered and likened the seriousness of Lai’s national security offenses to those of murder and treason AFP, HONG KONG Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai (黎智英) yesterday was ordered back to jail as the territory’s highest court granted prosecutors an appeal against his bail. Lai, a vocal Beijing critic, is one of the highest-profile figures charged under a new National Security Law that China imposed on Hong Kong i...