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South China Morning Post on 2024-03-13 08:57

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai funded campaign by opposition group aimed at gaining global support for 2019 protests, court hears during national security trial

Prosecutors alleged Lai was the mastermind and anonymous financier of the ‘Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong’ group.

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