The heavy penalty handed down by a Hong Kong court to former media mogul Jimmy Lai under a Beijing-imposed national security law has drawn condemnation from governments and officials around the world, who call the move unjust and further evidence of the Chinese regime’s clampdown on the city’s dwindling freedoms.
Lai, a strident critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was sentenced to 20 years in prison for two counts of “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces” under the national security law, as well as a count of printing seditious materials under a colonial-era law.
The ruling was delivered on Feb. 9 by three national security judges, handpicked by the city’s pro-Beijing government. Lai had denied all charges….
‘Tragic Injustice’: Sentence of Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Sparks Global Condemnation
