Jimmy Lai's son presses Ottawa to call for Hong Kong publisher's release ahead of trial

Open this photo in gallery: Sebastien Lai, son of Jimmy Lai, will be in Ottawa on Tuesday, where he hopes to meet with Canadian government officials and urge them to publicly call for his father's release.Sarah Palmer/The Globe and Mail Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai will spend his 76th birthday on Friday behind bars, awaiting trial this month in a high-profile case seen as part of Beijing's crackdown on the territory's pro-democracy protests. The founder of the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily faces up to life in prison if convicted under a Hong Kong national-security law imposed by China that has…