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Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai will plead not guilty to ‘collaborating with foreign forces’ under Hong Kong’s draconian national security law, court documents revealed on Monday, as a US-based rights group urged the government to drop charges against 47 former lawmakers. and “subversion” activists. Lai’s plea was revealed at a case management hearing in Hong Kong on Monday. Six other former employees — former senior editors and columnists at his now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper — said they would plead guilty. Lai’s trial will have no jury and will instead be held before a panel of three national security judges vetted...
