The families of imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai and activist Min Zin appear in Washington to urge their release, including at a congressional hearing on Wednesday. Sebastien Lai, Jimmy Lai’s son, asks lawmakers to press for the release of his father, who is serving a prison sentence in Hong Kong.
The pleas come about a week before Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit the United States, placing the issue in a broader diplomatic context. Both outlets describe the hearing as part of a campaign by the families to keep international attention on the cases and to seek political engagement from U.S. officials.
While the reporting focuses on the same core event—family members speaking to U.S. lawmakers—each outlet emphasizes similar points: the appeal for release, the identity of the detainees, and the timing relative to Xi’s visit. The accounts do not indicate new legal developments, but frame the hearings as an attempt to influence U.S. decision-making ahead of a high-profile bilateral engagement.
