Jimmy Lai's wife Teresa Lai, left, and retired Chinese cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun arrive at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts to attend Hong Kong activist publisher Lai's national security trial in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

FILE- Jimmy Lai walks through the Stanley prison in Hong Kong, on July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

A Correctional Services Department vehicle arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, ahead of Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai's national security trial. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who founded local newspaper Apple Daily, is about to wear a face mask before entering a court in Hong Kong on May 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)