Jimmy Lai
(asked on 17th July 2024) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government when they last raised the imprisonment of Jimmy Lai with the Chinese authorities; and what response they received.
Answered by
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 31st July 2024
The Foreign Secretary raised British national Jimmy Lai's case in his first meeting with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the ASEAN Summit on 26 July. We call on the Hong Kong authorities to end their politically motivated prosecution and immediately release Jimmy Lai.