Hong Kong national security law: jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai loses legal bid to block police access to journalistic material seized from Apple Daily offices


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Jailed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has lost a legal bid to block police from inspecting journalistic articles seized from the headquarters of his now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily in preparation for the mogul’s national security trial. A High Court judge hand-picked by the city’s leader to oversee national security proceedings ruled on Tuesday that police were entitled to seize what would have been considered privileged material under common law. 6 ex-Apple Daily staff to admit collusion in Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty Lai, 74, applied to the court for the return of journalistic articles and material protected...