The media tycoon, a Chinese-born British citizen, had been a persistent critic of Beijing. The sentence is the harshest penalty so far under a national security law.
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, has been sentenced to 20 years in ...
Lai was convicted in December on charges related to national security.
China's 'national security law' was tailored to zero in on someone like Lai, who pushed for democracy, freedom of speech, and government reform.
The sentence for the media mogul, along with long prison terms for his editors, shows how Hong Kong enforces Xi Jinping’s red lines with a new severity.
The sentencing of Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is raising an outcry from international governments and rights groups.
Lai was convicted of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles.
Hong Kong democracy advocate and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who is 78 years old, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison ...
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Feb 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's most vocal China critic, media tycoon Jimmy Lai, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in jail, ...