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Hong Kong tycoon Lai sentenced to prison for involvement in illegal demonstrations

Media mogul Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for his participation in a prohibited gathering in 2019

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4 years ago
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73 year old Lai is currently already incarcerated for his involvement in other demonstrations that year.

He has to serve the new sentence consecutively, which means Mr Lai faces a total of 20 months in jail.

This verdict comes at a time when mainland China is already impeding Hong Kong’s freedom and rights.

Lai and nine other activists were sentenced on 28 May for participating in an unlawful assembly on 1 October 2019.

Others who were sentenced include Figo Chan, Leung Kwok-hung aka “Long Hair”, and Lee Cheuk-yan.

On Friday, Judge Amanda Woodcock said she found claims by some of the defendants that their march on 1 October would be peaceful to be “naïve and unrealistic”, according to a Reuters report.

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