Jimmy Lai gave company to Hong Kong activist during 2019 protests as ‘reward,’ witness tells national security trial

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Jimmy Lai gave company to Hong Kong activist during 2019 protests as ‘reward,’ witness tells national security trial

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai transferred one of his private companies to an activist engaged in international lobbying during the 2019 protests as “a reward for his service,” a prosecution witness has said in the mogul’s national security trial. Detained Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai. File photo: Studio Incendo. Royston Chow, a former executive of Apple Daily’s parent company Next Digital, began his testimony on Tuesday. He wa…