Charles Moore Charles Moore

Why won’t David Lammy help Jimmy Lai?

Jimmy Lai (Getty Images) 
issue 19 October 2024

As I write, the Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, is flying to China. So I am only guessing when I say that I expect he will ‘raise’ the case of Jimmy Lai, the newspaper publisher, businessman and Democratic party supporter, a British citizen. Mr Lai has now been imprisoned in Hong Kong for four years with his numerous trials not yet completed.

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