Activist and press mogul Jimmy Lai arrested on charges of collaborating with foreign powers

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Press mogul Jimmy Lai , one of the leading figures in Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, was arrested on Monday in the former British colony under the new national security law, an associate of his and a police source announced.

"Jimmy Lai is currently being detained for collaborating with foreign powers," tweeted Mark Simon , one of his contributors. A police source told AFP that Lai had been arrested for collusion with foreign forces, one of the new prohibitions contained in the national security law, and for fraud.

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