Jimmy Lai gets 14 months in jail, hard-won results ‘re-education of HK society’
Chen Shasha Published: Apr 16, 2021 09:18 PM
Jimmy Lai Photo:VCGHong Kong s pro-secessionist media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying was sentenced to 12 months and eight months in prison, respectively, for attending and organizing two illegal assemblies in August 2019, a local court announced on Friday, one day after the city s first celebration of National Security Education Day on Thursday, also amid the collapse of the city s major pan-democratic group.
Experts said that the sentence of riot leader may serve as reference for future cases, and boost confidence in Hong Kong s political system.
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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai gets one year in jail
Media mogul Jimmy Lai (C) is escorted out of a Correctional Services Department vehicle and into the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, China, 09 February 2021 (Reissued 16 April 2021). Lai has been sentenced to one year for his role in an unauthorized assembly during anti-government protests in 2019. He is among nine democracy activists that were on trial and sentenced on 16 April. (Protestas) EFE/EPA/JEROME FAVRE
Pro-Beijing supporters celebrate the sentencing of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying outside the West Kowloon Court in Hong Kong, China, 16 April 2021. EFE-EPA/JEROME FAVRE
Jimmy Lai accused of organizing ‘unauthorized assembly’ taking place during 2019 protests Riyaz Ul Khaliq | 17.04.2021 Police officers take security measures as people gather during a demonstration in Hong Kong, China on August 31, 2019. Large-scale protests of territory s bill to allow extraditions to China continue.( Fuat Kabakcı - Anadolu Agency )
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A court in Hong Kong on Friday sentenced the semi-autonomous region’s incarcerated media tycoon to one year in prison over 2019 anti-government demonstrations, according to local media.
Jimmy Lai, the popular media entrepreneur and founder of Apple Daily, was brought to West Kowloon Court to hear the verdict in the case over his alleged role in an “unauthorized assembly that took place during 2019’s anti-government protests,” daily South China Morning Post reported.
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Hong Kong, Apr 16 (EFE).- Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was Friday given a year in prison for organizing an unauthorized march during a wave of anti-government protests in the city two years ago.
Judge Amanda Jane Woodcock of the West Kowloon Court also sent former legislator Leung Kwok-hung to jail for 18 months and vice chairman of the Labor Party Lee Cheuk-yan for one year.
The court also gave jail terms between eight to 12 months to six other pro-democracy activists.
But the judge decided to suspend the sentence for 24 months for some of the defendants.
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