A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced pro-democracy media tycoon and religious freedom advocate Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison, the harshest penalty yet handed down under Beijing's national security law in one of the city's most high-profile cases.
The 78-year-old Catholic and founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper was convicted in December on two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious articles. The charges stem from allegations that he tried to solicit foreign sanctions against China and Hong Kong, as well as content published in his pro-democracy outlet.
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