Founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper gets lengthy sentence under Beijing's national security law.
Founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper gets lengthy sentence under Beijing’s national security law.
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A court in Hong Kong has sentenced pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in jail following his conviction under a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing.
A summary document by the court on Monday said 18 years of Lai’s sentence should be served consecutively to the existing five-year jail term in his fraud case.
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