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Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai, 7 Others Jailed Over Tiananmen Vigil

Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai, 7 Others Jailed Over Tiananmen Vigil
Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China on Feb. 9, 2021. Tyrone Siu/File Photo via Reuters
Dorothy Li
12/13/2021|Updated: 12/13/2021

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and seven other activists were sentenced on Dec. 13 to jail terms ranging from four to 14 months for their respective roles in a banned Tiananmen Square vigil last year.

Lai, 72, the founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, is already serving a 20-month sentence for taking part in pro-democracy protests in 2019. The media mogul, who was separately convicted last week of inciting others to participate in an unauthorized assembly, was sentenced to a term of 13 months.

Dorothy Li
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