Jimmy Lai, the founder of Next Media, and three affiliated companies of Apple Daily are charged with “conspiring to collude with foreign forces” among other offenses. The trial reached its 80th day on Tuesday (21st) at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts (acting as the High Court). The prosecution had previously started playing complete interview segments and the program “Live Chat with Jimmy Lai.” On Tuesday, they called a social media expert witness, Associate Professor Chow Kam-pui from the University of Hong Kong’s Department of Computer Science, for cross-examination by the defense.
