He's a prominent critic of Beijing and is the most high profile person to be charged under Hong Kong's national security law.

他是北京的著名批評者，也是香港國家安全法下最引人注目的被起訴者。

Lie was detained in early December, then released on bail for about a week before he was brought back into custody for another hearing at the end of last year.

烈在12月初被拘留，然後被保釋約一週，去年年底又被帶回拘留所再次審理。

The court pointed to an article in the National Security Law, which says that the bail won't be given unless quote the judge has sufficient grounds for believing that they will not continue to commit acts endangering national security.

法院指出，《國家安全法》中有一條規定，除非引用法官有足夠的理由相信他們不會繼續實施危害國家安全的行為，否則不會給予保釋。

Beijing imposed the sweeping national security law last summer to punish anything China considers subversive with upto life in prison.

北京在去年夏天實施了全面的國家安全法，以懲罰任何被中國認為是顛覆性的東西，最高可判處終身監禁。

Critics say it is aimed at crushing dissent, and it erodes freedoms in the semiautonomous Chinese world city.

批評者說，它的目的是粉碎異議，它侵蝕了中國半自治的世界城市的自由。

Its supporters say it restores stability after months of unrest during the city's anti government protests.

它的支持者說，在該市反政府抗議活動期間的幾個月動盪之後，它恢復了穩定。

In 2019 when Lie was arrested under the law last year, nearly 200 police officers raided the newsroom of his Apple Daily newspaper.

2019年烈去年被依法逮捕時，近200名警察突擊搜查了他的《蘋果日報》報社。

Prosecutors say lie illegally requested foreign intervention in statements he made last summer.

檢察官說，謊言非法要求外國干預他去年夏天的聲明。

The tycoon has been a frequent visitor to Washington D.

這位富豪一直是華盛頓特區的常客。

C, meeting with the likes of former U.

C，會見了前U。

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to rally support for Hong Kong democracy.

國務卿邁克-蓬佩奧將動員支持香港民主。