US EditionJimmy Lai, Hong Kong tycoon and democratic firebrand who stood up to China
Jimmy Lai was found guilty on multiple national security and sedition charges under a law Beijing imposed after 2019 protests, facing up to life in prison, court documents show.
- On Monday, verdicts in Jimmy Lai's national security trial are set to be delivered, with the 78-year-old media tycoon and defendant in custody since late 2020.
- Amid Beijing's intensified rhetoric, state media labeled Lai's publications, Apple Daily and Next magazine, as supporting the 2019 pro-democracy movement, deepening his legal exposure.
- Lai is charged with two counts that carry a potential life term, including conspiracy to foreign collusion, plus conspiracy to publish seditious publications and an additional fraud case.
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'This was never a fair trial': Jimmy Lai's Canadian-U.K. family condemn Hong Kong guilty finding
Judges in Hong Kong court found pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai guilty of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious material on Monday. His family in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., and the U.K say they're saddened, but not surprised by the decision.
Jimmy Lai, a former Hong Kong media magnate in support of Beijing's democracy and open critic, was convicted in a historic national security trial in the city court on Monday, which could put him in jail for the rest of his life.
The well-known media mogul Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of "violations against national security." The 78-year-old founder of the pro-democratic newspaper "Apple Daily", who openly criticized the CP regime, is now facing life imprisonment. He is also a British citizen.
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