Takes a particular sort of scum to brutalise a pregnant woman.
Since July last 2019, the @hkpoliceforce have shown again and again that pregnancy is no defence against their disproportionate brutalising of democracy campaigners.
Really hope she is ok.
The United States is dismayed to learn the Chinese Communist Party continues to bully our British friends and their corporate leaders. HSBC maintains accounts for individuals sanctioned for denying Hong Kongers’ freedom, while shutting accounts for those seeking freedom.
The U.S. is taking action today to support freedom of the seas and to oppose coercion of our Southeast Asian allies and partners. We must not allow Beijing’s campaign of bullying to prevent access to vital offshore resources and damage critical ecosystems.
#Breaking Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong media mogul and one of the city's most prominent pro-democracy figures, was reportedly arrested on Monday under Beijing's new national security law. https://t.co/Hd2tvlU7I2
Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy media tycoon in Hong Kong, became the most high-profile target of the city's new national security law when he was arrested on Monday on suspicion of colluding with foreign powers https://t.co/1J1r3HrwOg
Jimmy Lai, the outspoken publisher of Hong Kong’s widely read pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, was arrested Monday on suspicion of “foreign collusion” under a new national security law Beijing has imposed on the city https://t.co/wxHnCk3W3e
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The Hong Kong police on Monday arrested the publisher Jimmy Lai. In May, Lai wrote, "I have feared that one day the Chinese Communist Party would grow tired not only of Hong Kong’s free press but also of its free people. That day has come."
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An aide to Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai says Lai was arrested under the city’s national security law on suspicion of collusion with foreign powers. Lai is an outspoken pro-democracy figure who regularly criticizes China’s authoritarian rule. https://t.co/WplUiwuJI7
Hong Kong police arrest media tycoon Jimmy Lai under national security law for allegedly colluding with foreign forces, local media report.
Joshua Wong, one of the city’s most prominent activists, says on Twitter that he strongly condemns Lai’s arrest. https://t.co/9gfEXPSAz9