HONG KONG: Hong Kong media tycoon and the city’s most prominent democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was on Monday (Feb 9) sentenced to 20 years in jail, following his conviction in a landmark national security trial that has drawn heavy criticism from the West.
The sentencing of the founder of Hong Kong’s now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper brings to an end a lengthy trial that has dragged on for more than two years, and that has already seen the 78-year-old serve more than five years behind bars.
