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


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HONG KONG (AFP) - 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 on Tuesday (Aug 30) 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 that Beijing imposed on Hong Kong two years ago. Two smartphones were seized when hundreds of police officers arrested Lai and raided the newsroom of Apple Daily, which...