WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday he is "deeply troubled" by the Hong Kong arrest of pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, accusing Beijing of an assault on rights and freedoms
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday he is "deeply troubled" by the Hong Kong arrest of pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, accusing Beijing of an assault on rights and freedoms in the territory.
Lai, one of Hong Kong's most vocal Beijing critics, was arrested early Monday for colluding with foreign forces, one of the offenses in the city's controversial new national security law that critics say is a blatant crackdown on the territory.
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