Hong Kong Activists Call Jimmy Lai ‘Mastermind’ in Security Case
- Pair implicate media tycoon, aide in court after guilty pleas
- Disclosure strengthens government’s landmark collusion case
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A pair of Hong Kong activists identified Jimmy Lai and a former aide as “masterminds” in a campaign to sanction China, as part of a plea deal that strengthens the government’s national security case against the jailed media tycoon.
Activist Andy Li and legal assistant Chan Tsz-wah agreed to the description Thursday in the High Court, after entering guilty pleas to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security. The two men admitted that Lai and a former top aide, Mark Simon, organized and funded a publicity campaign to encourage U.S. sanctions against Chinese and Hong Kong officials and Huawei Technologies Co.