Hong Kong Sentences Jimmy Lai to 20 Years in Landmark Case


Defense lawyers had urged leniency, citing Lai’s advanced age and deteriorating health. The self-made tycoon has spent five years in detention, mostly in solitary confinement, since his arrest in 2020, after Beijing imposed the National Security Law to curb dissent in response to massive street protests.



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