Hong Kong Sentences Jimmy Lai to 20 Years

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China critic and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in a Hong Kong security case
HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent.

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Lai was one of the loudest critics of China, often wielding his pro-democracy paper, Apple Daily, as a tool of protest.

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