Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai and six ex-lawmakers lose appeal against banned 2019 protest convictions

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and six former opposition lawmakers have lost a final appeal against their convictions over taking part in an illegal march during the 2019 anti-government protests.

The Court of Final Appeal on Monday refused to apply two British legal precedents cited by the appellants to overturn the convictions and jail sentences of the seven opposition figures, who included opposition veteran Martin Lee Chu-ming.