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2024-01-03 05:20:44 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9E143421191BE2252D3847824E2FF74DCB42D370502A8467BE4F9C316BCB07C6
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Jimmy Lai did not "willingly give himself up to authorities". He was arrested. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/world/asia/hong-kong-arrests-lai-national-security-law.html His alleged crimes are not "defying Beijing" or "peaceful defense of democracy". He has already been convicted on 2 counts of fraud https://www.reuters.com/world/china/hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-jailed-over-five-years-fraud-charge-2022-12-10/ He now faces 3 separate charges for sedition and collusion https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3246946/hong-kong-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-pleads-not-guilty-3-national-security-charges-prosecution-set
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