Hong Kong Court Jails Pro-Democracy Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai For 20yrs

A Hong Kong court has jailed pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai for 20 years on Monday after he was found guilty of national security offences last December. This is the harshest sentence to be given under the controversial national security law, which China says is necessary for the city's stability. Lai, who is a British citizen, was one of the loudest critics of Beijing, often wielding his pro-democracy paper, Apple Daily, […]