The 76-year-old founder of now-closed Apple Daily testifies for the first time in trial that could carry a sentence of life in prison

Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai has taken the stand in Hong Kong, testifying for the first time after being charged with foreign collusion under the city’s punitive national security law.

Speaking in court on Wednesday, he said he started a media business because “to participate in delivering freedom is a very good idea for me … the more information you have, the more you are in the know and the more you are free.”