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Hong Kong Court Sentences Media Mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 Years in Prison

HeadlineFeb 09, 2026

A Hong Kong court has sentenced media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison. Lai had already been in detention for more than five years while serving a separate prison term on fraud charges. Lai was arrested back in 2020 under the national security law that China implemented in Hong Kong following the pro-democracy protests in 2019. He was the founder of the Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, which ceased operations in 2021 after police arrested the paper’s employees and froze its assets.

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