The national security trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been adjourned after his legal team told the court he felt unwell. Lai, 76, who founded now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, has been detained since December 2020. He has pleaded not guilty to two charges of conspiring to collude with foreign forces under the national security law – punishable by life imprisonment – and one count of conspiring to publish seditious materials. Lai appeared in court on Monday, the 87th day of the trial, where his lawyer Robert Pang told the court that Lai was feeling unw…
