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This is CBS, I'm the world. I'm John Patel, Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang, my colleague

and co-host. And we go immediately to someone to help us with the story of Jimmy Lai, the

update. Mark Simon, longtime deputy and director at the now closed down by the Chinese regime

of Apple Daily. Mark, a very good day to you. Who is Jimmy Lai to the people of Hong Kong,

to the people of Asia and to the United States? Good evening to you.

Good evening. Jimmy Lai to the people of Hong Kong is the type of person that they're

very familiar with. An entrepreneur who started with nothing and grew a massive clothing

empire worth hundreds of millions of US dollars. Where Jimmy took a different turn was in

the late 1980s, especially with Tiananmen Square. His politics, political gene took off and

he became a and was always on his way, but became a staunch advocate of democracy and freedom.

And in Hong Kong in 1989 and the early 1990s that made you a very unpopular person. Mr.

Lai is a British citizen, actually became a British citizen in the early 90s. And Mr. Lai

basically started the news paper called Apple Daily, which went on to become along with

next magazine the largest news media company in Hong Kong and then later Taiwan. Mr. Lai

is a Apple Daily, but to the Hong Kong people has always been with the Chinese Communist

government coming in in 1997. Somewhat of think of the sheriff in the town that's lawless.

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