Jimmy Lai's bid to end national security trial rejected by Hong Kong court.

A Hong Kong court has rejected jailed publisher Jimmy Lai's request to terminate his national security trial, which could result in a life sentence if convicted. Lai's lawyers had filed an application to halt the trial, citing concerns that his case was being heard by three judges approved by the city's leader, instead of a jury. The national security law, enacted in June 2020, outlaws secession, subversion, terrorism, and foreign collusion to intervene in the city's affairs, and has been used to stamp out dissent.