Hong Kong Publisher to Stand Trial This Week Under Beijing's Dissident Crackdown

FILE - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai pauses during an interview in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020. FILE - Jimmy Lai walks through the Stanley prison in Hong Kong, on July 28, 2023.

The trial of Hong Kong's most famous activist publisher who was arrested under China's crackdown on dissidents will start Monday after being delayed for more than a year.