Jimmy Lai, founder of the Next Media group and a pro-democracy activist, was arrested on Monday morning for alleged collusion with foreign forces under Hong Kong’s new national security law.
His eldest son Timothy and second son Ian, and several members of the senior management of the group, which publishes the Apple Daily newspaper, were also arrested on suspicion of breaching the national security law.
A team of about 10 police officers arrived at Lai’s residence on Kadoorie Avenue in Kowloon Tong at around 7 a.m. to search for evidence as a large group of reporters gathered outside. Lai was brought to the police station in Kowloon City.
Another police team went to the home of Ian Lai in Sai Kung.
His eldest son Timothy and second son Ian, and several members of the senior management of the group, which publishes the Apple Daily newspaper, were also arrested on suspicion of breaching the national security law.
A team of about 10 police officers arrived at Lai’s residence on Kadoorie Avenue in Kowloon Tong at around 7 a.m. to search for evidence as a large group of reporters gathered outside. Lai was brought to the police station in Kowloon City.
Another police team went to the home of Ian Lai in Sai Kung.

According to sources, Lai and his sons were arrested on suspicion of violating Article 29 of the national security law, which prohibits one from conspiring with a foreign country or an institution, organization or individual to wage a war, rig an election, disrupt the implementation of law and policies and provoke hatred among Hong Kong people toward the local and central governments by unlawful means.

Offenders could be jailed for three to 10 years, or be sentenced to life imprisonment for “an offense of a grave nature.”
The 72-year-old Lai already faces several other charges, including illegal assembly, for protests held last year.
The latest arrests were made after the United States on Friday sanctioned 11 Hong Kong and mainland Chinese officials, including Chief Executive Carrie Lam, for undermining the autonomy of Hong Kong and restricting the freedoms of Hongkongers.
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