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Media tycoon is the most prominent individual to face trial under the law imposed by China in 2020.

A Hong Kong court on Friday rejected jailed pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai's bid to throw out a charge of seditious publication in a trial that has attracted international attention.

Hand-picked national security judges rule that prosecution filed charge within the time limit.

A Hong Kong court has rejected a bid by prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai to throw out a sedition charge laid against him

Jimmy Lai, 76, a life-long critic of Beijing, faces a life sentence under charges described as politically motivated

Lai enters courtroom smiling and waving on second-day of landmark trial

British citizen Jimmy Lai, 76, faces a life sentence under China’s draconion National Security Law

The national security trial of Hong Kong’s famous activist publisher Jimmy Lai entered its second day with the expectation that judges will rule by the end of the week on his lawyers' bid to throw out a sedition charge that has been increasingly used to target dissidents