A Hong Kong court sentenced former media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison, handing the pro-democracy activist the heaviest penalty yet meted out under a 2020 Beijing-imposed national security law.
Three government-picked judges on Monday ordered the 78-year-old to effectively spend the rest of his life behind bars for collusion and sedition charges. The ruling seals China’s yearslong effort to silence its most defiant and influential critic in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, renewing calls for his release from Western governments.
Some members of the public wept after a judge announced the sentence. The Apple Daily founder, wearing a ...
