00:00Hong Kong pro-democracy businessman Jimmy Lai has suffered heart palpitations,
00:05forcing a delay to the closing submissions in his national security trial.
00:10The trial will continue Monday after Lai gets medication and a heart monitor.
00:15Lai is the founder of newspaper The Apple Daily,
00:18which was shuttered in 2021 under a wider national security crackdown.
00:23He faces two charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces
00:28and one of conspiracy to publish seditious materials,
00:31all of which he's pleaded not guilty to.
00:35The media mogul has been on trial since 2023,
00:38and his case has attracted calls from many countries for his immediate release.
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