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February 9, 2026
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Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 20 years’ jail
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Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media tycoon, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail under the city’s national security law for colluding with foreign forces, the harshest punishment yet under the controversial legislation.
- 20 years: The length of the prison sentence for Jimmy Lai.
- Jimmy Lai: The pro-democracy media tycoon and founder of Apple Daily.
- National security law: The controversial law, imposed by China in 2019, under which Lai was convicted.
- Apple Daily: The now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper founded by Lai, which served as a tool of protest.
- Sebastian Lai: Jimmy Lai’s son, who called the sentence the "total destruction of the Hong Kong legal system."
- Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists: Rights groups that condemned the sentence, with one calling it "the final nail in the coffin for freedom of the press in Hong Kong."
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