In Hong Kong, national security trial opens for prominent publisher Jimmy Lai

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56% : READ MORE: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under security lawThe closely watched case -- tied to the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily that Lai founded -- is widely seen as a trial of press freedom and a test for judicial independence in the Asian financial hub.
54% : The governments of both Hong Kong and China have hailed the law for bringing back stability to the city.
48% : When asked for comment about the Western condemnation of the security law, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said during his daily briefing: "The U.S. and U.K. statements making such irresponsible remarks on the ongoing judicial process is against the spirit of the rule of law, international law and the basic norms of international relations."
36% : Pang argued the law required the prosecution of sedition charges to begin within six months after an alleged offense was committed and that prosecutors failed to do that in Lai's case.

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