Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai testifies in national security case

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A heavy contingent of police guards the Hong Kong courthouse hearing Jimmy Lai's trial on Nov. 20. (Photo by Peggy Ye)

KENJI KAWASE and PEGGY YE, Nikkei staff writers

HONG KONG -- Pro-democracy Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying took the stand in his national security trial on Wednesday, as proceedings resumed one day after 45 activists were sentenced in a separate high-profile security case.

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