Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Media Tycoon’s Phones To Be Searched: Report
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Last month, police applied for a warrant to search the phones under the national security law.Hong Kong: Two phones owned by jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai can be searched on national security grounds and are not protected by journalistic privilege, a senior judge ruled Tuesday in Hong Kong.Lai, owner of the now-shuttered Apple Daily tabloid, will soon go on trial for "collusion with foreign forces", an offence that carries up to life in prison under the sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong two years ago.Two smartphones were seized when hundreds of police officers arrested Lai and raided the newsroom of Apple Daily, which eventually collapsed after its assets were frozen under the security lawLai's legal team claimed the content of the phones wa...