|Screenshot1 / 1 Jimmy Lai during a CBC interview, when asked about his twin sister in NOTL worrying about him. |Screenshot AdvertisementThe Niagara-on-the-Lake family of Jimmy Lai will be closely following the trial of the pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, along with the rest of the world. “It’s a crazy trial, not a real trial the way we expect in Canada. On Friday, judges ruled against that defence, and the trial is expected to resume next week. Lai, the founder of Apple Daily, a Hong Kong media outlet openly critical of the Chinese Communist Party, has in the past taken to the streets in protest.