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.