On December 15, 2025, the High Court found Jimmy Lai guilty of two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious publications. The case was heard over 156 days, and the truth is now quite clear. Lai's anti-China and Hong Kong chaos activities are far from isolated incidents; they have been organized and premeditated over several decades, particularly with rampant collaboration with foreign forces.
During the trial, the prosecution played a recorded segment from a Taiwanese live broadcast on the YouTube channel, where Jimmy Lai was interviewed via video link for an hour. He admitted that Apple Daily was an "anti-Communist" newspaper. He even declared that he did not mind being labeled a "traitor" or as the "head of the gang damaging the country and Hong Kong," asserting that under the Hong Kong National Security Law, there was an even greater need for so-called "parliamentary struggle."
In the video interview, Lai discussed his April 2020 arrest along with Martin Lee and others, claiming that the arrest and travel restrictions did not greatly affect him, describing the case as "small." He noted that their years of being "anti-Communist" and being an opposition newspaper were why he was arrested.
Regarding Lai and Martin Lee being viewed as representatives aligned with US and British interests, and the "democrats" accused of colluding with foreign forces to undermine "one country, two systems," Lai openly stated in the interview that he did not mind being called a "traitor" or the "head of the gang damaging the country and Hong Kong." He further insisted that maintaining Apple Daily was crucial to preserving an "anti-Communist" voice in the media.
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