Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Media Mogul Denies Influencing US Actions in Trial

Jimmy Lai was among the highest-profile arrestees under a 2020 update to the Hong Kong National Security Law backed by the Chinese Communist Party.

Businessman and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai outside the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Dec. 31, 2020. Sung Pi-lung/The Epoch Times

Hong Kong businessman and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai testified in court on Nov. 20, for the first time since he was detained in 2020.

He took the stand on Nov. 20, continued testimony the following day, and denied allegations that he incited hatred or pressed foreign officials to change their stance on Hong Kong.