LONDON (AP) — The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai said Wednesday he did not want to see his father die in detention, as his lawyers raised the prospect that his long-delayed trial may be pushed back indefinitely. Sebastien Lai also slammed the U.K. government for its “shameful” lack of action in helping his father, who is a British national. Jimmy Lai, the 75-year-old founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, has been in de
His trial was originally set to begin last December, but it has been delayed several times by judges. It is now due to start on Dec. 18.
Sebastien Lai, who has been travelling to the U.S., U.K., and the United Nations to lobby international leaders to help his father, criticized Britain's government Wednesday for its muted language in condemning his father's lengthy detention. “If they are willing to sacrifice human rights for trade I think it's a big misstep,” Lai told reporters.
Caoilfhionn Gallagher, a London-based rights lawyer who is leading the Lais' international legal team, said Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have declined to meet with Sebastien Lai despite repeated requests."We're seeing very mixed messaging from the government as a whole," she said. "We think there's an element of the U.K.
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