MPs criticise Jimmy Lai ‘pantomime trial’ as China branded ‘totalitarian’
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The UK Government has condemned the ‘politically motivated’ prosecution of British citizen Mr Lai, 76, under a national security law imposed by China.
Britain has been urged to recognise China as a “totalitarian communist state” as MPs criticised the “pantomime trial” of dissident publisher Jimmy Lai.