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Newsday: 10/08/2020 06:06 GMT: Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong media tycoon, is arrested

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10/08/2020 06:06 GMT: Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong media tycoon, is arrested

Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong media tycoon, is arrested

BBC World Service - Newsday, Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong media tycoon, is arrested

Security officials raided his newsroom, arresting others

Security officials raided his newsroom, arresting others.

The Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai's arrest, on suspicion of collusion with a foreign country, makes him the most high profile arrest so far under the new controversial security law. A legal expert gives an explainer.

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