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Hong Kong Pro-Democratic Magnata Son Reese Father's Death in Prison

Jimmy Lay, 77 years old, was accused of segregation and conspiracy with foreign forces during the 2019 pro-democracy protests, where he was imprisoned in the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong since 2020. The magnitude of Hong Kong's social communication was judged by violation of the national security law in a long process started in December 2023 and may be sentenced to eternal imprisonment. Sebastian Lay, son of Jimmy Lay, interviewed…
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Jimmy Lay, 77 years old, was accused of segregation and conspiracy with foreign forces during the 2019 pro-democracy protests, where he was imprisoned in the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong since 2020. The magnitude of Hong Kong's social communication was judged by violation of the national security law in a long process started in December 2023 and may be sentenced to eternal imprisonment. Sebastian Lay, son of Jimmy Lay, interviewed…

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Washington - He died in prison, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media magnate, Jimmy Lai, would become an even more powerful spokesman for freedom, according to his son Sebastien Lai, questioned by the AFP during a visit to Washington. "It's horrible for me to say that, but if my father died in prison, he would actually become an even stronger symbol for freedom, a martyr of his convictions," Sebastien Lai said, visiting Washington to meet American of…

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L'Opinion broke the news in on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
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