Hong Kong Court Rejects Activist Publisher Bid to Throw Out Sedition Charge

FILE - Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is escorted into a Correctional Services van outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Feb. 1, 2021.

A Hong Kong court on Friday rejected a bid by prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai to throw out a sedition charge against him, delivering the ruling on the third day of his landmark national security trial.