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Hong Kong court allows UK trial lawyer for Jimmy Lai
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court on Wednesday allowed a veteran British lawyer to represent jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai at his upcoming national security trial despite opposition from city authorities.Lai and a group of executives from the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper are being prosecuted for “colluding with foreign forces”, an offence under a new security law China imposed on Hong Kong to stamp out dissent.The trial is set to start in December and last for 30 days.Lai's legal team had wanted him to be represented by Tim Owen, a London-based lawyer, but the application was opposed by both Hong Kong's secretary for justice and Bar Association.On Wednesday Jeremy Poon, chief

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