Hong Kong court orders search of media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s phones


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HONG KONG — Two phones owned by jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai can be searched on national security grounds and are not protected by journalistic privilege, a senior judge ruled Tuesday in Hong Kong. Lai, owner of the now-shuttered Apple Daily tabloid, will soon go on trial for "collusion with foreign forces", an offence that carries up to life in prison under the sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong two years ago. Jimmy Lai: the Hong Kong media tycoon that China loathes Shuttered Hong Kong democracy paper wins press freedom award Two smartphones were seized when...