UK says ‘deeply concerned’ after HK’s Jimmy Lai charged

LONDON: Britain expressed alarm on Friday after Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, who has UK citizenship, became the most high-profile figure yet charged under a sweeping national security law.
Lai 73, is the owner of Hong Kong’s best-selling Apple Daily, a popular tabloid that is unashamedly pro-democracy and fiercely critical of authorities.
Police charged him on Friday of “collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security.”