By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret

HONG KONG, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s High Court will hand down a verdict in the trial of media tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai on Monday.

The 78-year-old Lai, who founded the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, has pleaded not guilty to two national security law charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, and a charge of conspiracy to publish seditious material.

Here is a timeline ‍of key events:

June 20, 1995 – Lai publishes the first edition of Apple Daily.

June 30, 2020 – China imposes a national security law (NSL) on Hong Kong, punishing crimes like subversion or collusion with foreign forces with up to life imprisonment.

Aug 10 – Lai is arrested under the NSL over alleged “collusion with foreign forces” as 200 police raid his co

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