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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty of collusion with foreign forces

By Thomson Reuters Dec 14, 2025 | 8:46 PM

HONG KONG, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s ‍High Court on Monday found pro-democracy campaigner and tycoon Jimmy ‌Lai guilty ‌of collusion with foreign forces under a China-imposed national security ​law that could ‍see him ​jailed for ​life.

The case ‍has drawn international scrutiny of Hong Kong’s judicial independence amid ‍a years-long crackdown on rights and ‍freedoms ‍in the ​global financial ​hub.

(Reporting ⁠by James ‌Pomfret and Jessie Pang; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree and Christopher ⁠Cushing)