Hong Kong court says Jimmy Lai’s bail denied because risk of further offences


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Jimmy Lai was arrested in August on suspicion of collusion with foreign forces when police officers raided the newsroom of his Apple Daily tabloid newspaper. He was arrested again last week, while in jail, on suspicion of assisting a fugitive China captured at sea last year. — Reuters pic HONG KONG, Feb 23 — A Hong Kong court said today its denial of bail for media tycoon Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person charged under a new the national security law, was due to the risk of his committing further offences. High Court judge Anthea Pang rejected Lai’s latest application...