Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Jailed 20 Years on Security Charges

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Firstpost•09-02-2026, 07:59
Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Jailed 20 Years on Security Charges
- •Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison over national security crimes.
- •Lai, 78, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, was found guilty of foreign collusion and seditious publication.
- •British PM Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump have called for Lai's release.
- •Rights groups like Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders condemned the trial, citing threats to press freedom.
- •Beijing and Hong Kong authorities maintain the case is unrelated to freedom of speech or press.
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