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Vindictive: Sentencing of Jimmy Lai Signals CCP Intention to Crush Hong Kong

On April 16, nine Hong Kong veteran pro-democracy activists and lawmakers, including the founder of Next Media Lai Zhiying, also known as Jimmy Lai, have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 8 to 18 months for their participation in pro-democracy protests in August 2019. Jimmy Lai, who has been in jail since last December ...