US ‘Deeply Troubled’ by Arrest of HK Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai: O’Brien

Congress's China Commission called on US allies to respond with their own sanctions

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai on Dec. 11, 2014. His mansion and the Next Media building were firebombed on Jan. 12, 2015, and Hong Kong people are concerned the attacks were connected to the Chinese regime. Yu Kong/Epoch Times

The United States is “deeply troubled” by the arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said in a statement on Aug. 10.

Hong Kong police arrested Lai, a strident critic of the Chinese communist regime, on Monday, along with two of his sons, Lai Gin-yan and Chow Tat-kuen, and several executives from his media company, Next Digital.