Hong Kong High Court bars media tycoon from travelling to US citing COVID-19 risk


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World News Hong Kong High Court bars media tycoon from travelling to US citing COVID-19 risk Hong Kong, June 19: The Hong Kong High Court has barred founder of pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily Jimmy Lai from travelling to the United States, citing a risk that the 72-year-old media tycoon may contract coronavirus and derail judicial proceeding. According to Hong Kong Free Post, the judgment released on Thursday came as Lai is accused of criminal intimidation. He is alleged to have threatened to harm a man, identified only as "X," with the intention to alarm him, at the Tiananmen massacre vigil...