Lai, 76, has been in custody since 2020. He is critical of China and could face life in prison for violating a controversial security law.
Beijing imposed the law in the semi-autonomous region of Hong Kong in 2020. The law allows China to crack down on opposition parties and activists.
Lai owned a Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, which is now discontinued. As for China, she has colluded with powerful foreign countries. Hong Kong’s prominent pro-democracy campaigner has been prosecuted for “crimes against national security”.
“As a prominent and outspoken journalist and publisher, Jimmy Loy has been the target of an operation aimed at restricting his freedom of expression and association,” British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said in a statement.
