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Family voices new alarm for Hong Kong's jailed Jimmy Lai
Jimmy Lai, 77, suffers significant weight loss, physical deterioration and harsh treatment in solitary confinement, family says amid ongoing international appeals for his release.
- The children of Jimmy Lai voiced fresh alarm about his health, and his daughter Claire Lai, who left Hong Kong several months ago, travelled to Washington to seek support for her father.
- Lai founded the pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily and has been held since late 2020 amid Beijing's clampdown on Hong Kong's separate system, his family says.
- Family members say Lai is being held in solitary confinement without air conditioning in a jail where summer temperatures rise to 44 Celsius, while prison staff refused communion and withheld extra curry sauce.
- Claire Lai described severe weight loss, discoloured nails and rotten teeth, while Sebastien Lai urged US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, saying `It will take two hours to put my father on a plane and send him away`.
- At age 78 next Monday and as a diabetic, Lai's potential sentence raises urgent health concerns as he faces at least 15 years on foreign collusion charges tied to 2019 protests.
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Family voices new alarm for Hong Kong's jailed Jimmy Lai
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- 40% of the sources are Center, 40% of the sources lean Right
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