Hong Kong Catholic activist and media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai’s son, Sebastian Lai, has warned that his father will likely die in prison if he is not released or given urgent intervention soon.
Info: CBS News
.@POTUS on his meeting with President Xi: "I brought up Jimmy Lai, and I would say the response to that was not positive... I did I feel optimistic about the second one that’s now under consideration—the pastor. Very optimistic, actually."
.@antonioguterres, while you are in China now—potentially meeting Xi Jinping—will you demand that Beijing release Jimmy Lai and all other political prisoners? Will you demand an end to the oppression of Uyghurs and Tibetans? Will you speak out for democracy crushed in Hong Kong?
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview broadcast on Thursday that the United States is hoping for a positive response from China on U.S. appeals for the release of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai and others.