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Hong Kong Sentences Media Mogul Jimmy Lai to 14 Months in Prison

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Rebecca Davis editorA Hong Kong court sentenced the pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 14 months in prison Friday, after finding him guilty of “unauthorized assembly” during pro-democracy protests in 2019.A new, additional charge was also lobbed at him Friday: two counts of “colluding with foreign forces,” which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.Nine other of the city’s top pro-democracy campaigners were also sentenced alongside Lai Friday to up to 18 months in prison for their involvement in the same two 2019 protests.They are the most prominent and influential Hong Kong figures to be sent to jail thus far since Beijing enacted a draconian National Security Law (NSL) in the territory last summer, brought down in response to.

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