Leading China critic Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years after Hong Kong security tria...

2026-02-09 - 07:15

In this file photo taken on June 16, 2020, millionaire media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 72, poses during an interview with AFP at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong. - Lai, a Hong Kong media mogul and one of the city's most prominent pro-democracy figures, was arrested on August 10, 2020 under Beijing's new national security law, a close aide and a police source said.