“Next Digital” founder Jimmy Lai and three companies of “Apple Daily” were accused of colluding with foreign forces. The trial entered its ninth day at the High Court (the West Kowloon Court) today (January 10). The prosecution read the National Security Department senior inspector of police’s written statement, which analyzes the flow of funds in the case and discloses that Jimmy Lai transferred more than 1.75 million to the former US Deputy Secretary of Defense for “unexplained reasons” and deposited 3.5 million to Cardinal Joseph Zen. The statement also alleges that Lai transferred tens of millions of dollars to the pro-democracy camp, including former Legislative Council member Au Nok-hin, through many of his companies and personal assistant Mark Simon.
