Hong Kong court to hand down verdict in Jimmy Lai national security trial on Monday

A Hong Kong court will hand down its judgment in the national security trial of former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying on Monday.
High Court judges will deliver their verdict at 10am in a hearing that is expected to last for about an hour, according to the judiciary’s website, following a marathon trial that concluded in August after more than 1½ years.
Lai, who has been detained since December 2020, is contesting two conspiracy counts of collusion with foreign forces and a third of conspiracy to…