Pro-Democracy Activist Jimmy Lai Insisted on ‘Fighting Till the End’ After National Security Law, Court Hears

‘Absolutely insane that Hong Kong is now a place where a piece arguing *AGAINST* violence is somehow evidence of national security offences.’

On Dec. 31, 2020, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal accepted the appeal application from the Department of Justice. Jimmy Lai must continue to be remanded in custody until the formal hearing of the Court of Final Appeal. Sung Pi-lung/The Epoch Times

The case of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, underwent its 64th day of trial on April 23 in West Kowloon Court of Hong Kong.

Chan Tsz-wah, a legal assistant and the fifth “accomplice witness,” told the court that before the Hong Kong National Security Law was implemented in 2020, he advised Mr. Lai to prioritize his personal safety and leave. However, the latter refused, replying that he was “prepared to fight till the end.”