The United States has condemned a Hong Kong court decision to sentence pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to prison, a move that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime has characterized as an attempt to “whitewash criminals.”
U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price on Sunday urged Chinese authorities “to respect freedom of expression, including for the press, in Hong Kong” following the “unjust” outcome of Lai’s trial over lease fraud regarding his businesses.
