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Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai denied bail as Pompeo tweets support

| December 14, 2020 12:03 AM

HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, the 73-year-old Hong Kong media tycoon and advocate for democracy, was denied bail Saturday after being charged the previous day under the semi-autonomous Chinese territory's new national security law.

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