76 岁的香港出版商、《苹果日报》创始人黎智英因涉嫌勾结外国势力和煽动叛乱而在国家安全审判中出庭作证。 76-year-old Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, testifies at his national security trial for alleged collusion with foreign forces and sedition.
76 岁的香港出版商黎智英（Jimmy Lai，已停刊的《苹果日报》的创始人）将在国家安全审判中为自己作证辩护。 76-year-old Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai, founder of the closed Apple Daily, will testify in his own defense at his national security trial. 赖昌星于 2020 年中国实施限制公众异议的法律后被捕，他面临勾结外国势力危害国家安全和与他人合谋出版煽动性材料的指控。 Arrested in 2020 after China imposed laws limiting public dissent, Lai faces charges of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring with others to publish seditious materials. 如果罪名成立，他可能面临终身监禁。 If convicted, he could face life imprisonment. 黎智英案被视为对香港新闻自由和司法独立的关键考验。在最新的世界新闻自由指数中，香港新闻自由排名已跌至180个国家和地区中的第135位。 Lai's case is seen as a crucial test of press freedom and judicial independence in Hong Kong, where its press freedom ranking has fallen to 135th out of 180 countries and territories in the latest World Press Freedom Index.