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Media tycoon Jimmy Lai (R) is escorted into a Hong Kong Correctional Services van outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on February 1, 2021, after being ordered to remain in jail while judges consider his fresh bail application, the first major legal challenge to a sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on the city last year. (Photo by STR / AFP) Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was among eight democracy activists handed new prison sentences on Friday for attending protests on the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China that were followed by a sweeping crackdown.
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Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was among eight democracy activists handed new prison sentences on Friday for attending protests on the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China that were followed by a sweeping crackdown.
Mr Lai, who is already behind bars for taking part in earlier protests, must now serve a total of 20 months after pleading guilty to organising an unlawful assembly on 1 October, 2019.
Seven other leading activists, including 25-year-old youth campaigner Figo Chan, as well as former lawmakers Lee Cheuk-yan and Leung Kwok-hung, were also given new jail sentences.
Many flashed victory hand signals on their way to court in a police van.
China Accuses U.S. of Meddling After Antony Blinken Opposes Jail Terms for Hong Kong Activists
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China accused the U.S. of meddling in its affairs on Friday after Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed U.S. opposition to jail terms for Hong Kong activists who have been arrested and charged for pro-democracy activities.
Blinken asked authorities in Hong Kong to drop charges filed against those for merely for standing for election or for expressing dissenting views as police crack down on dissent. Hundreds of thousands of protesters in the city participated in unauthorized pro-democracy rallies in 2019.
‘ADD OIL’: Supporters chanted words of encouragement, as the eight were led into the court, where a judge added 14 months to Lai’s jail sentences for previous convictions/ AFP, HONG KONG