nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||Prominent Hong Kong Publisher Arrested Under New National Security Law||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong media tycoon known as a fervent supporter of democracy and human rights, is the most prominent figure arrested thus far under China’s new national security law.


Prominent Hong Kong Publisher Arrested Under New National Security Law

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, center, is arrested by police officers at his home in Hong Kong on Monday. Hong Kong police arrested Lai and raided the publisher’s headquarters in the highest-profile use yet of the new national security law Beijing imposed on the city after protests last year.

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Prominent Hong Kong Publisher Arrested Under New National Security Law



Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong media tycoon known as a fervent supporter of democracy and human rights, is the most prominent figure arrested thus far under China’s new national security law.


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