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The latest show trial of Hong Kong’s most famous political prisoner will conclude this week. All that is left is the guilty verdict.
Jimmy Lai, founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, stands accused of fraud. His alleged crime? Subleasing a small corner—well less than 1%—of the headquarters of his media company, Next Digital, to a Lai family company. Mr. Lai paid market rent to the publicly traded Next Digital, which disclosed the arrangement to shareholders.