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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested

The pro-democracy Hong Kong business tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested and his newspaper offices raided by police over allegations of collusion with foreign forces. His case is the most high-profile arrest so far under the controversial security law imposed by China in June. Professor Keith Richburg is Director of the University of Hong Kong's Journalism & Media Studies Centre.

(Picture: Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, in the pale jacket, is detained in Hong Kong on 10th August 2020. Credit: REUTERS)

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