The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation (CFHK Foundation), Ronald Reagan Institute and Foundation for Defense of Democracies co-hosted a screening of The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai’s Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom and discussion featuring Sebastien Lai, son of Jimmy Lai; Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, lead international lawyer for Jimmy Lai and Sebastien Lai; Mark Clifford, President of the CFHK Foundation; Jay Nordlinger, Senior Editor at National Review and Sunny Chueng, Visiting Fellow at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Sebastien Lai said, “During the handover, my father was asked if he would leave Apple Daily if China came for him. He said it was time to see if they were willing to pay a high price for their convictions. And he has paid every day for some thirty odd years.”
