It has been reported that Prime Minister Andy Burnham has asked US President Donald Trump to raise the issue of Jimmy Lai’s imprisonment on Thursday, when Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. Politico stated that Burnham spoke to Trump on September 22, who agreed that Lai should be released.
Jimmy Lai, a Catholic British citizen who ran the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, has been held in near-total isolation since December 2020, according to a recent report. In 2026, he was sentenced to 20 years in a maximum-security prison and suffers from a number of health problems, including diabetes and heart issues, in what has been described as effectively a life sentence.
