Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon’s trial begins

Mr Lai, who was born in China and moved to Hong Kong as a child, is now a UK citizen. His son, Sebastian Lai, has been lobbying the British government to intervene on his father’s behalf. He met Mr Cameron earlier this month, drawing Beijing’s ire. Mr Cameron said Mr Lai was “targeted in a clear attempt to stop the peaceful exercise of his rights to freedom of expression and association”.