Hopes for the release of detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai are higher following U.S. President Donald Trump's return to office, Lai's son said on Tuesday in Washington, where he and advocates plan to meet Trump administration officials.

HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai has denied in his national security trial that he asked the US to sanction China after the national security law came into effect.

The son of prominent Hong Kong former publisher Jimmy Lai, who is facing possible life imprisonment in the Chinese city, has called for his father’s release in a high-profile national security case

Hopes for the release of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai have surged following U.S. President Donald Trumps return to office, according to Lais son, Sebastien, who spoke in Washington. Lai, founder of the