UK must fight for Jimmy Lai’s release, friend of jailed Hongkonger tells MPs

Apple Daily founder and British national, 75, in jail since 2020 facing charges under national security law

A close confidant of the jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has called on Britain to do more to secure the 75-year-old’s release.

Lai, a prominent businessman and founder of Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper, has been detained since December 2020. He has been convicted of fraud and faces more serious charges of foreign collusion under Hong Kong’s sweeping national security law.