Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai (second from left) arrives at the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Dec 31, 2020. - China Daily
HONG KONG (China Daily/ANN): Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Friday (April 16) to 12 months in prison for attending an illegal assembly in 2019.
Lai and six ex-lawmakers were convicted on April 1 of organising and knowingly taking part in an unauthorised assembly on Hong Kong Island on Aug 18,2019.
They are Martin Lee and Lee Cheuk-yan, Margaret Ng, Leung Kwok-hung, Ho Sau-lan, and Albert Ho.
Their mitigation pleas were heard Friday morning by District Court Judge Amanda Woodcock.
Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan, center, arrives at a court in Hong Kong Friday. Seven of Hong Kong s leading pro-democracy advocates, including Lee, and pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, were sentenced Friday for organizing a march during the 2019 anti-government protests. Kin Cheung/AP
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Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan, center, arrives at a court in Hong Kong Friday. Seven of Hong Kong s leading pro-democracy advocates, including Lee, and pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, were sentenced Friday for organizing a march during the 2019 anti-government protests. Kin Cheung/AP
BEIJING Nine veteran activists and lawmakers in Hong Kong have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 18 months because of their participation in anti-government protests nearly two years ago.
7 Hong Kong democracy leaders to be sentenced amid crackdown
ZEN SOO, Associated Press
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1of3Pro-democracy activists Martin Lee, center, and Albert Ho, left, arrive at a court in Hong Kong Friday, April 16, 2021. Seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, including Lee and pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, are expected to be sentenced Friday for organizing a march during the 2019 anti-government protests that triggered an overwhelming crackdown from Beijing.Kin Cheung/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Pro-democracy activist Martin Lee, center, arrives at a court in Hong Kong Friday, April 16, 2021. Seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, including Lee and pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, are expected to be sentenced Friday for organizing a march during the 2019 anti-government protests that triggered an overwhelming crackdown from Beijing.Kin Cheung/APShow MoreShow Less
Chinese-Belizean Businessman Sentenced in China for Funding Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests
On April 14, Chinese-Belizean businessman Henley Lee apparently confessed on China’s state-run CCTV that he funded Hong Kong pro-democracy protests. Ten days earlier, Lee had been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Formerly known as Li Huxiang, Lee was born in Shanghai and became a citizen of Belize several years ago. He previously served as vice president of Shanghai Meidong Real Estate company.
According to the TV program, after the anti-extradition protest and pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong took place in June 2019, a large sum of mainland funds flowed into Hong Kong and Lee donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in various types of funds to an anti-communist activist surnamed Yang in the United States. CCTV called Lee the “behind-the-scenes financier” for the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests. The program also stated that he had secretly met with Hong Kong pro-democracy activi
HONG KONG A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced five leading pro-democracy advocates, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, to up to 18 months in prison for organizing and participating in a massive march during 2019 anti-government protests that triggered an overwhelming crackdown from Beijing. A total of nine advocates were given jail terms, but four of them, including 82-year-old lawyer and former lawmaker Martin Lee, had their sentences suspended after their age and accomplishments were taken into consideration. They were found guilty earlier this month of organizing and participating in a massive protest in August 2019, where an estimated 1.7 million people marched in opposition to a bill that would have allowed suspects to be extradited to mainland China. The march was not authorized by the police.