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Ted Cruz: “In 1995, Jimmy Lai founded the Apple Daily newspaper in Hong…”

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And by the way, that was my resolution as well that that I introduced and passed last year and for the Government of the People's Republic of China to end harassment and intimidations of the relatives of Zion Church members and their relatives. Whereas In 1995, Jimmy Lai founded the Apple Daily newspaper in Hong Kong and subsequently faced repeated harassment and arrest. including a 69 month sentence in 2022 on dubious fraud charges that were later overturned and a subsequent 20 year sentence in February 2026 on dubious national security charges. (28:18–28:28)

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