2023-12-15 13:54:54
(Central News Agency, Taipei, 15th) The case of Next Media Group founder Jimmy Lai accused of “colluding with foreign forces” will be heard on the 18th. His son Lai Chongen said today that the outcome of the trial has already been decided, and next week’s trial will be It’s just a trial show.
Archyde.com reported on the evening of the 15th that Li Chongen said in an interview in Taipei that the court trial next week will be heard by three government-appointed judges and there will be no jury. It is simply a formality.
Li Chongen, who now lives in Taiwan, said: “Actually, you won’t feel uneasy if you think about it this way, because it is basically a trial show and the outcome of the trial has already been decided.”
The Hong Kong government and the Beijing authorities claim that Hong Kong has a sound rule of law and that all people are equal before the law. Officials from the Hong Kong government and the Beijing authorities also say that national security legislation is necessary to return Hong Kong to the stability of the British colonial period.
Lai Chongen said that as far as he knows, his father’s current condition is okay. “He (Lai Chi-ying) is 76 years old and has been in solitary confinement for the past three years, so I can’t imagine the impact this has on anyone’s body and mind.”
In the past three years, Li Chongen has not been able to see his father. He said he missed simple happiness such as family dinner.
Li Chongen said: “I kept thinking over and over again, why would I rather have my father by my side than risking my life for other people’s freedom? What I am sure of is that my father greatly inspired me, and I am proud of my father.”
Jimmy Lai was charged with violating the National Security Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region implemented by Beijing in June 2020, including conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, and was also sentenced to prison for “fraud”. Before the court session on the 18th, his National Security Law case had been postponed several times. Central News Agency (translation)
The case of Next Media founder Jimmy Lai is about to go to trial. Lai Chongen: The outcome of the trial has been decided.
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