Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee says he discussed the guilty verdict against pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
00:00Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee says he raised the conviction of pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
00:09Lee was in Beijing to give his annual report to Xi. He told the Chinese president that Lai was rightfully convicted under the city's national security law.
00:18Lee did not say what Xi's response to the verdict was, but he said that Xi encouraged Hong Kong officials to keep safeguarding national security.
00:25Rights groups and Democratic leaders worldwide have condemned Jimmy Lai's conviction.
00:30Lee also criticized some Western media outlets for what he called misleading reports about Lai's case.
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