The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office has welcomed the arrest of the pro-democracy media mogul, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, and others under the national security law, RTHK reports. In a statement, it called for people who had colluded with foreign forces and harmed national security to be severely punished. The office said Lai must be punished under the rule of law, and his arrest showed that justice may be late but never absent. Earlier, the police said they had arrested nine people in an operation under the national security law. They are suspected of offences that include colluding with foreign forces, which has a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Source: The Standard August 10, 2020 13:18 UTC